Multimodal communication of wolf spiders on different substrates: Evidence for behavioural plasticity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 367-375

  Gordon, Shira D ^a   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod communication; Lycosidae; Multimodal signal; Seismic signal; Substrate; Vibration; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SPIDER; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 78751607756     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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