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Females of a gift-giving spider do not trade sex for food gifts: a consequence of male deception?
BACKGROUND: Polyandry is commonly maintained by direct benefits in gift-giving species, so females may remate as an adaptive foraging strategy. However, the assumption of a direct benefit fades in mating systems where male gift-giving behaviour has evolved from offering nutritive to worthless (non-n...
Autores principales: | Pandulli-Alonso, Irene, Quaglia, Agustín, Albo, Maria J. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5433081/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28506206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0953-8 |
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