Male mating strategies to counter sexual conflict in spiders

Affiliations

Shichang Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering & Centre for Behavioural Ecology & Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University
Long Yu: State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering & Centre for Behavioural Ecology & Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University
Min Tan: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Noeleen Y. L. Tan: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Xaven X. B. Wong: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore
Matjaž Kuntner: State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering & Centre for Behavioural Ecology & Evolution, School of Life Sciences, Hubei University
Daiqin Li: Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore

Abstract

Male spiders make choices about how to maximise their mating success when at risk of cannibalisation by females.