Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, structures, and functions

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Spider sex pheromones: emission, reception, structures, and functions

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Spiders and their mating systems are useful study subjects with which to investigate questions of widespread interest about sexual selection, pre- and post-copulatory mate choice, sperm competition, mating strategies, and sexual conflict. Conclusions drawn from such studies are broadly applicable to a range of taxa, but rely on accurate understanding of spider sexual interactions. Extensive behavioural experimentation demonstrates the presence of sex pheromones in many spider species, and rec...

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2007-02

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Gaskett, Anne

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http://hdl.handle.net/2292/14334

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sex pheromones / chemical signalling / behaviour / mating strategies / sperm priority / sexual conflict / spiders / Araneae / MALE MATE CHOICE / ORB-WEB SPIDER / DROSOPHILA-MELANOGASTER FEMALES / LINYPHIA-LITIGIOSA LINYPHIIDAE / BLACK-WIDOW SPIDER / MALE CRAB SPIDERS / WOLF SPIDER / MATING-BEHAVIOR / COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR / WASPS HYMENOPTERA

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