Males make poor meals: A comparison of nutrient extraction during sexual cannibalism and predation

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 617-625

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

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipid; Nutrition; Protein; Sexual cannibalism; Wolf spider

Indexed keywords

APPARENT COMPETITION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; CRICKET; EGG PRODUCTION; LIPID; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PREDATION; PROTEIN; SPIDER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; GRYLLIDAE; HEXAPODA; HOGNA HELLUO; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 77949271485     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1518-3     Document Type: Article

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