scholarly journals Sex or food? Effects of starvation, size and diet on sexual cannibalism in the amphipod crustacean Gammarus zaddachi

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Edward Ironside ◽  
Samuel Thomas Dalgleish ◽  
Sean Joseph Kelly ◽  
William Payne
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Cannibalism ◽  
Food Effects ◽  
Gammarus Zaddachi ◽  
Amphipod Crustacean

Experience with Junk Food: Effects on Diet Selection

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine F. Wilson ◽  
Rachel L. Radel
Keyword(s):  
Diet Selection ◽  
Junk Food ◽  
Food Effects

Formulation and Food Effects on the Oral Absorption of a Poorly Water Soluble, Highly Permeable Antiretroviral Agent

2002 ◽  
Vol 91 (6) ◽  
pp. 1390-1395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce J. Aungst ◽  
Nhung H. Nguyen ◽  
Nancy J. Taylor ◽  
Dilbir S. Bindra
Keyword(s):  
Oral Absorption ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Food Effects ◽  
Poorly Water Soluble

The reaction of European lobster larvae (Homarus gammarus) to different quality food: effects of ontogenetic shifts and pre-feeding history

Oecologia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 174 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-594 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherina L. Schoo ◽  
Nicole Aberle ◽  
Arne M. Malzahn ◽  
Isabel Schmalenbach ◽  
Maarten Boersma
Keyword(s):  
Food Effects ◽  
European Lobster ◽  
Ontogenetic Shifts ◽  
Homarus Gammarus ◽  
Quality Food

scholarly journals Males Can Benefit from Sexual Cannibalism Facilitated by Self-Sacrifice

2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (20) ◽  
pp. 2794-2799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven K. Schwartz ◽  
William E. Wagner ◽  
Eileen A. Hebets
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Cannibalism

Mate quality, not aggressive spillover, explains sexual cannibalism in a size-dimorphic spider

2011 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simona Kralj-Fišer ◽  
Jutta M. Schneider ◽  
Živa Justinek ◽  
Sabina Kalin ◽  
Matjaž Gregorič ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Cannibalism ◽  
Mate Quality

scholarly journals The shield effect: nuptial gifts protect males against pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 20151082 ◽  
Author(s):  
Søren Toft ◽  
Maria J. Albo
Keyword(s):  
Indirect Evidence ◽  
Experimental Tests ◽  
Female Aggression ◽  
Sexual Cannibalism ◽  
Nuptial Gift ◽  
Nuptial Gifts ◽  
Spider Species ◽  
Pisaura Mirabilis

Several not mutually exclusive functions have been ascribed to nuptial gifts across different taxa. Although the idea that a nuptial prey gift may protect the male from pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism is attractive, it has previously been considered of no importance based on indirect evidence and rejected by experimental tests. We reinvestigated whether nuptial gifts may function as a shield against female attacks during mating encounters in the spider Pisaura mirabilis and whether female hunger influences the likelihood of cannibalistic attacks. The results showed that pre-copulatory sexual cannibalism was enhanced when males courted without a gift and this was independent of female hunger. We propose that the nuptial gift trait has evolved partly as a counteradaptation to female aggression in this spider species.

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