Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift-giving spider Pisaura mirabilis

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 546-551

  Hansen, Line Spinner ^a   Gonzales, Sofia Fernandez ^a   Toft, Søren ^a   Bilde, Trine ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Death feigning; Male mating effort; Nuptial gift; Polyandry; Sexual cannibalism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGGRESSION; COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; COURTSHIP; MATING BEHAVIOR; NUPTIAL GIFT; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; MIRABILIS; PISAURA MIRABILIS;

EID: 45349098684     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm165     Document Type: Article

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