Remote copulation: Male adaptation to female cannibalism

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-515

  Li, Daiqin ^a,b   Oh, Joelyn ^a   Kralj Fišer, Simona ^c   Kuntner, Matjaž ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coevolution; Genital emasculation; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CANNIBALISM; COEVOLUTION; COPULATION; FEMALE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SPERM; SPIDER;

ARANEAE; NEPHILENGYS;

EID: 84864454003     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1202     Document Type: Article

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