Mate quality, not aggressive spillover, explains sexual cannibalism in a size dimorphic spider

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Authors

KRALJ-FIŠER Simona SCHNEIDER J.M. JUSTINEK Z. KALIN S. GREGORIČ M. PEKÁR Stanislav KUNTNER M.

Year of publication 2012
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology
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Faculty of Science

Citation
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1262-7
Field Zoology
Keywords Personality; Mate choice; Sexual conflict; Aggressiveness; Behavioral syndromes; Boldness
Description We tested several hypotheses on a sexually dimorphic nephilid spider Nephilengys livida, known for male monopolization of females via genital damage, female genital plugging, and mate guarding, by staging mating trials during which we recorded mating behaviors and occurrences of pre- and postcopulatory cannibalism.
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