Sperm storage and copulation duration in a sexually cannibalistic spider

• Authors: HERBERSTEIN Marie; SCHNEIDER Jutta; HARMER AMT; GASKETT AC; ROBINSON K.; SHADDICK K.; SOETKAMP D.; WILSON PD; PEKÁR Stanislav; ELGAR Mark
• Year of publication: 2011
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Journal of Ethology
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Science
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10164-010-0213-5
• Field: Zoology
• Keywords: cannibalism; sperm; araneae
• Description: We have investigated the effect of copulation duration on sperm transfer and documented sperm storage patterns when we experimentally reduced the ability of females to attack and cannibalise the male.

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