Within populations, individuals often show repeatable variation in behaviour, called 'animal
personality'. In the last few decades, numerous empirical studies have attempted to …

Sexual size dimorphism is one of the most striking animal traits, and among terrestrial
animals, it is most extreme in certain spider lineages. The most extreme sexual size …

Spiders are well known for using chemical, vibratory, tactile, and visual signals within mating
contexts. All spiders produce silk, and even in non-web building spiders, silk is intimately …

Behavioral repeatability is an important trait relevant to personality research and to
behavioral ecology in general. We examined here the behavioral repeatability of two activity …

This perspective identifies the grand challenges in arachnid science: 1. Grasp the arachnid
species diversity. There is a need to accelerate taxonomic research to obtain a sense of …

Some behaviours that typically increase fitness at the individual level may reduce population
persistence, particularly in the face of environmental changes. Sexual cannibalism is an …

Personality traits, such as boldness and/or aggressiveness, have long been accepted to
have a profound influence on many aspects of the lives of animals, including foraging …

Pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism (Pre-SC), where females attack and consume courting
males, is considered an extreme case of sexual conflict. Different ultimate causes underlying …

Simple Summary The role of personality in sexual selection has mostly been investigated on
vertebrate species, in which males provide direct benefits to females or offspring. Less is …

Madagascar is a global biodiversity hotspot, but its biodiversity continues to be
underestimated and understudied. Of raft spiders, genus Dolomedes Latreille, 1804 …