Differences in resource acquisition, not allocation, mediate the relationship between behaviour and fitness: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
E Haave‐Audet, AA Besson, S Nakagawa… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Within populations, individuals often show repeatable variation in behaviour, called 'animal
personality'. In the last few decades, numerous empirical studies have attempted to …
personality'. In the last few decades, numerous empirical studies have attempted to …
Sexual cannibalism as a manifestation of sexual conflict
JM Schneider - Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in …, 2014 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Sexual cannibalism is a well-known example for sexual conflict and has many facets that
determine the costs and benefits for the cannibal and the victim. Here, I focus on species in …
determine the costs and benefits for the cannibal and the victim. Here, I focus on species in …
Comparative analyses of phenotypic trait covariation within and among populations
KS Peiman, BW Robinson - The American Naturalist, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Many morphological, behavioral, physiological, and life-history traits covary across the
biological scales of individuals, populations, and species. However, the processes that …
biological scales of individuals, populations, and species. However, the processes that …
The seven grand challenges in arachnid science
M Kuntner - Frontiers in Arachnid Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …
species diversity. There is a need to accelerate taxonomic research to obtain a sense of …
Integrating animal personality into insect population and community ecology
AP Modlmeier, CN Keiser, CM Wright… - Current Opinion in Insect …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Most studies in community ecology neglect individual trait variation.•Personality
drives intensity and nature of sexual conflict and social organization.•Personality variation …
drives intensity and nature of sexual conflict and social organization.•Personality variation …
Dangerous mating systems: signal complexity, signal content and neural capacity in spiders
Spiders are highly efficient predators in possession of exquisite sensory capacities for
ambushing prey, combined with machinery for launching rapid and determined attacks. As a …
ambushing prey, combined with machinery for launching rapid and determined attacks. As a …
Intrasexual aggression reduces mating success in field crickets
EK Tinsley, NW Bailey - Ecology and Evolution, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aggressive behaviour is thought to have significant consequences for fitness, sexual
selection and the evolution of social interactions, but studies measuring its expression …
selection and the evolution of social interactions, but studies measuring its expression …
Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders
S Kralj-Fišer, K Čandek, T Lokovšek, T Čelik… - Animal Behaviour, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Precopulatory cannibalism is commonly explained as spillover of voracious
personality.•Females exhibited consistent interindividual differences in voracity towards …
personality.•Females exhibited consistent interindividual differences in voracity towards …
The eunuch phenomenon: adaptive evolution of genital emasculation in sexually dimorphic spiders
Under natural and sexual selection traits often evolve that secure paternity or maternity
through self‐sacrifice to predators, rivals, offspring, or partners. Emasculation—males …
through self‐sacrifice to predators, rivals, offspring, or partners. Emasculation—males …
Feeding regime, adult age and sexual size dimorphism as determinants of pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism in virgin wolf spiders
MP Gavín-Centol, S Kralj-Fišer, E De Mas… - Behavioral Ecology and …, 2017 - Springer
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 …
males, is considered an extreme case of sexual conflict. Different ultimate causes underlying …