The role of silk in courtship and communication in mygalomorph spiders: Do males regulate their courtship in response to female mating status?

•Females do not use airborne or cuticular pheromones to trigger male courtship.•A.centralis females use silk-borne signals to trigger male courtship•Different female body conditions have no effect on male mate choice.•Males invest higher courtship effort on silk from unmated than mated females. In s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioural processes 2019-10, Vol.167, p.103939-103939, Article 103939
Hauptverfasser:	Copperi, María Sofia, Ferretti, Nelson, Peretti, Alfredo V.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acanthogonatus centralis Airborne signal Animal Communication Animals Contact signal Female Male Male choice Pheromones Reproduction - physiology Sexual Behavior, Animal - physiology Sexual selection Silk Spiders - physiology
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