The effect of experience on male courtship and mating behaviors in a cellar spider

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Hoefler, Chad D ^a   Moore, Jeremy A ^a   Reynolds, Kyle T ^a   Rypstra, Ann L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; LEARNING; LIMB; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; SPERM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; PHOLCUS PHALANGIOIDES;

EID: 77949527134     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.255     Document Type: Article

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