Nutritional implications for sexual cannibalism in a sexually dimorphic orb web spider

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-394

  Blamires, Sean J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Egg energy density; Fecundity; Nutrients; Orb web spider; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; CANNIBALISM; COPULATION; FECUNDITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PROTEIN; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; ARGIOPE KEYSERLINGI;

EID: 79957585813     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02161.x     Document Type: Article

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