Mate binding: Male adaptation to sexual conflict in the golden orb-web spider (Nephilidae: Nephila pilipes)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1299-1304

  Zhang, Shichang ^a   Kuntner, Matjaž ^b,c   Li, Daiqin ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nephila pilipes; Orb web spider; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Tactile communication

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGGRESSION; CANNIBALISM; CHEMICAL CUE; COPULATION; MALE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; NEPHILA INAURATA; NEPHILA PILIPES;

EID: 82355175313     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.09.010     Document Type: Article

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