Female hunger state affects mate choice of a sexually selected trait in a wolf spider

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 715-722

  Moskalik, Brian ^a   Uetz, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition dependence; Life history; Mate choice; Schizocosa ocreata; Sexual selection; Spider

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUNGER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REARING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER; STARVATION;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA;

EID: 79952738305     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.12.016     Document Type: Article

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