Worthless donations: male deception and female counter play in a nuptial gift-giving spider

BACKGROUND: In nuptial gift-giving species, benefits of acquiring a mate may select for male deception by donation of worthless gifts. We investigated the effect of worthless gifts on mating success in the spider Pisaura mirabilis. Males usually offer an insect prey wrapped in silk; however, worthle...

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Autores principales: Albo, Maria J, Winther, Gudrun, Tuni, Cristina, Toft, Søren, Bilde, Trine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22082300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-329

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22082300
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-11-329

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