Eat or not to eat: reversed sexual cannibalism as a male foraging strategy in spider Micaria sociabilis (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)
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| Year of publication | 2014 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Ethology |
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| Web | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/eth.12225/abstract |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eth.12225 |
| Field | Zoology |
| Keywords | reversed cannibalism; adaptive foraging; economic model; mistaken identity |
| Description | In this study, we investigated male motivation for such behaviour in the light of ecological conditions such as mate availability and prey availability. We found that male cannibalism is not affected by short-term starvation but rather by male feeding history during the ontogenetic development in combination with prey availability during the adult stage. |
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