Sexual cannibalism facilitates genital damage in argiope lobata araneae: Araneidae

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 355-362

  Nessler, Stefan H ^a   Uhl, Gabriele ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryptic female choice; Genital damage; Mating plug; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANNIBALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COPULATION; CRYPSIS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PATERNAL CARE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM COMPETITION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE LOBATA;

EID: 60049096110     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0669-2     Document Type: Article

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