Eat or not to eat: reversed sexual cannibalism as a male foraging strategy in spider Micaria sociabilis (Araneae: Gnaphosidae)

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Authors	SENTENSKÁ Lenka PEKÁR Stanislav
Year of publication	2014
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Ethology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
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.
Related projects:	Biodiverzita - analýzy biologických systémů různých úrovní a na různých škálách prostředí