Sexual cannibalism is associated with female behavioural type, hunger state and increased hatching success

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 715-721

  Berning, Aric W ^a   Gadd, Ryan D H ^a   Sweeney, Kayla ^a   MacDonald, Leigh ^a   Eng, Robin Y Y ^a   Hess, Zachary L ^a   Pruitt, Jonathan N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive female foraging; Behavioural syndrome; Mate choice; Sexual size dimorphism; Spider

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPIDER;

AGELENOPSIS PENNSYLVANICA; ARANEAE; DIPLURIDAE;

EID: 84865369783     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.06.030     Document Type: Article

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