Female praying mantids use sexual cannibalism as a foraging strategy to increase fecundity

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 710-715

  Barry, Katherine L ^a   Holwell, Gregory I ^a   Herberstein, Marie E ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecundity benefit; Female body condition; Foraging strategy; Praying mantid; Pseudomantis albofimbriata; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CANNIBALISM; FECUNDITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ARANEAE; MANTIDAE; MANTODEA;

EID: 47649086156     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm156     Document Type: Article

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