Multimodal signals increase active space of communication by wolf spiders in a complex litter environment

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1471-1482

  Uetz, George W ^a   Roberts, J Andrew ^b   Clark, David L ^c   Gibson, Jeremy S ^a,d   Gordon, Shira D ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Litter environment; Multimodal signals; Schizocosa; Signal active space; Substrate; Vibratory signals; Visual signals; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; DATA ACQUISITION; LITTER; MALE; SPIDER; VIBRATION; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84883788970     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-013-1557-y     Document Type: Article

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