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sexual cannibalism: a standalone construct

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sexualcannibalism1 CONSTRUCTSexual cannibalismANDRADE · BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY

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Behavioural ecology

female killing and eating a male before, during or after mating, which in some spiders the male appears to facilitate.

In behavioural ecology, sexual cannibalism refers to female killing and eating a male before, during or after mating, which in some spiders the male appears to facilitate. This meaning comes from Andrade (1996) in Science.[1]

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  1. Andrade, M. C. B. (1996). Sexual Selection for Male Sacrifice in the Australian Redback Spider. Science, 271(5245), 70-72. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.271.5245.70

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