Multimodal courtship efficacy of Schizocosa retrorsa wolf spiders: Implications of an additional signal modality

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 701-707

  Rundus, Aaron S ^a   Santer, Roger D ^b   Hebets, Eileen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

courtship performance; mate choice; sexual selection; signal content; signal efficacy

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; DIET; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MATURATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 77954381454     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq042     Document Type: Article

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