Male coercion and female injury in a sexually cannibalistic mantis
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2020.0811
Abstract: Sexual conflict can generate coercive traits in males that enhance mating success at the expense of female fitness. Pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism—where females consume males without mating—typically favours cautious rather than coercive mating tactics, and few… read more here.
Keywords: male coercion; mantis; female injury; injury sexually ... See more keywords