The advantage of starving: Success in cannibalistic encounters among wolf spiders

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1112-1117

  Petersen, Anja ^a   Nielsen, Kristian T ^a   Christensen, Christian B ^a   Toft, Søren ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Araneae; cannibalism; hunger; Lycosidae; predation; size difference

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ASYMMETRY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD LIMITATION; HUNGER; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SPIDER; STARVATION;

ARANEAE; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA PRATIVAGA;

EID: 77955905048     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq119     Document Type: Article

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