High resource valuation fuels "desperado" fighting tactics in female jumping spiders

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 868-875

  Elias, Damian O ^a   Botero, Carlos A ^b   Andrade, Maydianne C B ^c   Mason, Andrew C ^c   Kasumovic, Michael M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EVOLUTIONARY SYNTHESIS CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

divisive asymmetry; female female competition; game theory; jumping spider; resource holding potential; resource potential value

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; GAME THEORY; INJURY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RESOURCE USE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SIGNALING; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; PHIDIPPUS CLARUS; SALTICIDAE;

EID: 77954377288     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq073     Document Type: Article

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