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Male courtship vibrations delay predatory behaviour in female spiders

During courtship, individuals transfer information about identity, mating status and quality. However, male web-building spiders face a significant problem: how to begin courting female spiders without being mistaken for prey? Male Argiope spiders generate distinctive courtship vibrations (shudders)...

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Autores principales: Wignall, Anne E., Herberstein, Marie E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3867958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24356181
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep03557