PRE-COPULATORY SEXUAL CANNIBALISM IN FISHING SPIDERS: THE ECOLOGY OF AN EXTREME SEXUAL CONFLICT
Pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism (pre-SC), or predation of a potential mate before sperm transfer, provides an ideal model system for behavioral ecology's current focus on inter-sexual conflict. Studying the North American fishing spider (Dolomedes triton), I tested three female-benefit hypoth...
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UKnowledge
2003
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/265 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1268&context=gradschool_diss |