Sexual cannibalism: High incidence in a natural population with benefits to females

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Rabaneda Bueno, Rubén ^a   Rodríguez Gironés, Miguel Á ^a   Aguado de la Paz, Sara ^b   Fernández Montraveta, Carmen ^b   De Mas, Eva ^a   Wise, David H ^c   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; LITTER SIZE; MALE; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL CANNIBALISM; SPIDER; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

LYCOSA TARANTULA; LYCOSIDAE; TARANTULA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

EID: 55849110455     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003484     Document Type: Article

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