Sexual cannibalism in the European garden spider Araneus diadematus: The roles of female hunger and mate size dimorphism

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 749-755

  Roggenbuck, Helma ^a   Pekár, Stano ^b   Schneider, Jutta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptive female foraging; Araneus diadematus; Mate choice; Postinsemination; Preinsemination; Sexual size dimorphism; Spider

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANNIBALISM; COURTSHIP; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HUNGER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER; TRADE-OFF;

ARANEAE; ARANEUS DIADEMATUS;

EID: 79952734943     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.01.005     Document Type: Article

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