Fromhage, Lutz; Schneider, Jutta M. - In: Behavioral Ecology 16 (2005) 2, pp. 377-382
of traits involved in reproduction. The view that sexual cannibalism represents a form of sexual conflict leads to the … this function in spiders, where sexual cannibalism is comparatively common. Empirical evidence, however, is virtually … species of orb-weaving spiders, greatly reduces the risk of cannibalism and injury for males in the spider Nephila fenestrata …