Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift–giving spider Pisaura mirabilis
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Thanatosis as an adaptive male mating strategy in the nuptial gift–giving spider Pisaura mirabilis
Males and females often experience different optima in mating rate, which may cause evolution of female resistance to matings and male counter adaptations to increase mating rate. Males of the spider Pisaura mirabilis display a spectacular mating behavior involving a nuptial gift and thanatosis (death feigning). Thanatosis in a sexual context is exceptional and was suggested to function as an a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm165