Discrimination of airborne pheromones by mate-searching male western black widow spiders (Latrodectus hesperus): Species- and population-specific responses

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1027-1034

  Kasumovic, Michael M ^a   Andrade, Maydianne C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HORMONES;

AIRBORNE PHEROMONS; FERTILIZATION; SPIDERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; MATE LOCATION; PHEROMONE; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS; LATRODECTUS TREDECIMGUTTATUS;

EID: 9944232062     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-081     Document Type: Article

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