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Low Mate Encounter Rate Increases Male Risk Taking in a Sexually Cannibalistic Praying Mantis

Male praying mantises are forced into the ultimate trade-off of mating versus complete loss of future reproduction if they fall prey to a female. The balance of this trade-off will depend both on (1) the level of predatory risk imposed by females and (2) the frequency of mating opportunities for mal...

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Autores principales: Brown, William D., Muntz, Gregory A., Ladowski, Alexander J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22558146
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035377