Inbreeding avoidance through cryptic female choice in the cannibalistic orb-web spider Argiope lobata

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1056-1062

  Welke, Klaas ^a   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Araneidae; Genetic benefits; Polyandry; Trade up

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; INCOMPATIBILITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE CHOICE; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; ARGIOPE LOBATA;

EID: 70349437302     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp097     Document Type: Article

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