Male black widows court well-fed females more than starved females: Silken cues indicate sexual cannibalism risk

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 383-390

  Johnson, J Chadwick ^a   Trubl, Patricia ^a   Blackmore, Valerie ^a   Miles, Lindsay ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black widow spider; Chemical communication; Latrodectus hesperus; Male mate choice; Sexual cannibalism

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; CANNIBALISM; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATE CHOICE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; LATRODECTUS; LATRODECTUS HESPERUS;

EID: 79960565864     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.05.018     Document Type: Article

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