Courtship and mating behavior of the wolf spider Schizocosa bilineata (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 452-459

  Vaccaro, Rosanna ^a,c   Uetz, George W ^b   Roberts, J Andrew ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical signaling; multimodal communication; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA; SCHIZOCOSA BILINEATA;

EID: 78649521401     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi09-115.1     Document Type: Article

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