Complex male mate choice in the brush-legged wolf spider Schizocosa ocreata (Hentz)

Timothy B Meyer and George W Uetz

Behavioral Ecology, 2019, vol. 30, issue 1, 27-38

Abstract: What a male finds attractive in a female can vary depending on experience and context. In the brush-legged wolf spider, when compared to lab-reared males, males that develop under natural conditions care less about a female’s mating history when she is available to court but are less interested in a mated female when her location is uncertain. Further studies may shine light on the causes and benefits of these differences.

Keywords: experience; female state; male mate choice; rearing environment; Schizocosa ocreata (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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