Does female personality determine mate choice through sexual cannibalism?

Ethology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 238-248

  Rabaneda Bueno, Rubén ^a   Aguado, Sara ^b   Fernández Montraveta, Carmen ^c   Moya Laraño, Jordi ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavioural syndromes; Boldness; Lycosa hispanica; Sexual cannibalism; Sexual selection; Spillover aggression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BURROWING; CANNIBALISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPIDER;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; LYCOSA; LYCOSA TARANTULA; LYCOSIDAE; TARANTULA;

EID: 84892980656     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eth.12197     Document Type: Article

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