The importance of ecological and phylogenetic conditions for the occurrence and frequency of sexual cannibalism

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 40, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-39

  Wilder, Shawn M ^a   Rypstra, Ann L ^a   Elgar, Mark A ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Feeding mode; Food availability; Mate availability; Mating behavior; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHYLOGENETICS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 77951672921     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.110308.120238     Document Type: Article

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