Precopulatory sexual cannibalism in fishing spiders (Dolomedes triton): A role for behavioral syndromes

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 390-396

  Johnson, J Chadwick ^a,b,c   Sih, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggressive spillover hypothesis; Fishing spiders; Sexual cannibalism

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; DOLOMEDES TRITON; PISAURIDAE;

EID: 22844446041     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0943-5     Document Type: Article

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