Strategic pheromone signalling by mate searching females of the sexually cannibalistic spider Argiope bruennichi
Reproduction often requires finding a mating partner. To this end, females of many arthropods advertise their presence to searching males via volatile chemical signals. Such pheromones are considered low-cost signals, although this notion is based on little evidence and has recently been challenged....
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| Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2022-01-01
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| Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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| Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.211806 |