The Influence of Vibratory Courtship on Female Mating Behaviour in Orb-Web Spiders (Argiope keyserlingi, Karsch 1878)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wignall, Anne E ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI; ARTICLE; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; NONHUMAN; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER; VIBRATION;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS; VIBRATION;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI;

EID: 84872469639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053057     Document Type: Article

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