Death feigning in the face of sexual cannibalism

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-25

  Bilde, Trine ^a   Tuni, Cristina ^a   Elsayed, Rehab ^a   Pekár, Stano ^a,b   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cannibalism avoidance; Male mating strategy; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict; Thanatosis

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPIDER;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; PISAURA MIRABILIS;

EID: 33644929514     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0392     Document Type: Article

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