Mate choice in males with one-shot genitalia: Limited importance of female fecundity

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-706

  Schulte, Katharina F ^a   Uhl, Gabriele ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argiope bruennichi; Genital mutilation; Male mate choice; Mating plug; Orb web spider; Protandry; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE; PHENOTYPE; PROTANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE BRUENNICHI; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956617453     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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