Condition dependence of male display coloration in a jumping spider (Habronattus pyrrithrix)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1133-1146

  Taylor, Lisa A ^a   Clark, David L ^b   McGraw, Kevin J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Honest advertisement; Nutrition; Ornamental color; Salticidae; Sexual dichromatism; Sexual signaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR; DIET; HONEST SIGNALING; JUVENILE; ORNAMENTAL SPECIES; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; HABRONATTUS PYRRITHRIX; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 79954998170     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1127-5     Document Type: Article

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