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
MU Faculty or unit	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.
Related projects:	Diversity of Biotic Communities and Populations: Causal Analysis of variation in space and time