More Ornamented Males Exhibit Increased Predation Risk and Antipredatory Escapes, but not Greater Mortality

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-114

  Fowler Finn, Kasey D ^a   Hebets, Eileen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITE DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE ATTRACTION; MORPHOLOGY; MORTALITY; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; HOGNA; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA;

EID: 78650833801     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01852.x     Document Type: Article

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