Eavesdropping and signal matching in visual courtship displays of spiders

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 375-378

  Clark, David L ^a   Roberts, J Andrew ^b   Uetz, George W ^c  

^a ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Eavesdropping; Lycosidae; Signal matching; Spiders

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; MATE CHOICE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNAL; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; SCHIZOCOSA OCREATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861500972     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1096     Document Type: Article

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