Complicity or conflict over sexual cannibalism? Male risk taking in the praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia sinensis

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Lelito, Jonathan P ^a   Brown, William D ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mantidae; Mate choice; Praying mantis; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; INSECT; MATE CHOICE; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUNGER; MALE; MANTODEA; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; HUNGER; MALE; MANTODEA; REPRODUCTION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

MANTIDAE; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; MANTODEA; TENODERA ARIDIFOLIA;

EID: 33747359947     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505757     Document Type: Article

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