Sexual size dimorphism predicts the frequency of sexual cannibalism within and among species of spiders

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 431-440

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a,b   Rypstra, Ann L ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hogna helluo; Phylogenetic distribution; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER; TAXONOMY; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; HOGNA HELLUO;

EID: 51549116264     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/589518     Document Type: Article

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