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Males of a gift-giving spider do not modify their allocation to reproduction when mating opportunities vary. Due to their costly courtship via provision of food gifts to females, with high… Click to show full abstract
Males of a gift-giving spider do not modify their allocation to reproduction when mating opportunities vary. Due to their costly courtship via provision of food gifts to females, with high female availability males should reduce their reproductive investment per partner to avoid exhausting their energetic budget too early. Our findings suggest instead that males may be able to enlarge their total reproductive budget, possibly drawing resources from their food gifts by partially feeding on them.
Keywords:
mating effort;
enough mating;
availability;
giving spider;
gift giving
Journal Title: Behavioral Ecology
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: Behavioral Ecology
Year Published: 2019
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