Sexual cannibalism, the consumption of the male by the female before, during, or after
mating, can be a striking example of sexual conflict with potentially large fitness …

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 …

In this study, we present the first molecular phylogeny of the wolf spider genus Lycosa
Latreille, 1804 in the Western Mediterranean Basin. With a wide geographic sampling …

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 …

Female mating behaviors are known to be sensitive to a variety of individual factors both
external and internal to a female; however, mating decisions are likely due to a suite of …

Food webs are networks of species that feed on each other. The role that within-population
phenotypic and genetic variation plays in food web structure is largely unknown. Here, I …

In a number of species, males are cannibalized by females after mating (reviewed in [1, 2]),
and some males actually appear to facilitate their own cannibalism (reviewed in [3]). Such …

Male mate choice is predicted to evolve as male investment in mating increases. Thus, taxa
in which males pay a high cost for mating offer researchers an ideal system to test traditional …

Polyandry may provide females with benefits that directly affect their condition and fecundity
and/or that enhance the quality of their offspring through receiving better or more compatible …

Female spiders and praying mantises are renowned for their cannibalism of male partners
before, during, or after mating. While several hypotheses have been proposed to explain …