To mate or fight? Male-male competition and alternative mating strategies in Argyrodes antipodiana (Theridiidae, Araneae) Export

@article{citeulike:3458555, abstract = {Argyrodes antipodiana is a kleptoparasitic spider that builds its own web around the webs of other, larger host species. Males are more prone to have contests on webs of conspecific females than on webs of conspecific males. Males are also more likely to escalate interactions when on the females' webs than on males' webs, consistent with predictions from game theory models. Yet, in nearly half the tests, males on females' webs did not escalate. Instead of just being "sampling error", these failures to escalate may reflect the contest losers' abilities to gain copulations by "sneaking", an alternative mating tactic which enables males to obtain access to a female, not by fighting, but by exploiting the dominant male's dilemma of whether to mate or fight.}, author = {Whitehouse, Mary E.}, citeulike-article-id = {3458555}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2J-4603XG6-65/2/51950110fafbb937daf4eb0e44935d5c}, journal = {Behavioural Processes}, keywords = {08-10-28, alternative, antipodiana, argyrodes, competition, contest, fight, game, mating, sexual, spider, strategy, theory}, month = {May}, number = {3}, pages = {163--172}, posted-at = {2008-10-28 22:11:40}, priority = {2}, title = {To mate or fight? Male-male competition and alternative mating strategies in Argyrodes antipodiana (Theridiidae, Araneae)}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2J-4603XG6-65/2/51950110fafbb937daf4eb0e44935d5c}, volume = {23}, year = {1991} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3458555 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3458555 N2 - Argyrodes antipodiana is a kleptoparasitic spider that builds its own web around the webs of other, larger host species. Males are more prone to have contests on webs of conspecific females than on webs of conspecific males. Males are also more likely to escalate interactions when on the females' webs than on males' webs, consistent with predictions from game theory models. Yet, in nearly half the tests, males on females' webs did not escalate. Instead of just being "sampling error", these failures to escalate may reflect the contest losers' abilities to gain copulations by "sneaking", an alternative mating tactic which enables males to obtain access to a female, not by fighting, but by exploiting the dominant male's dilemma of whether to mate or fight. IS - 3 JF - Behavioural Processes EP - 172 TI - To mate or fight? Male-male competition and alternative mating strategies in Argyrodes antipodiana (Theridiidae, Araneae) VL - 23 SP - 163 KW - 08-10-28 KW - alternative KW - antipodiana KW - argyrodes KW - competition KW - contest KW - fight KW - game KW - mating KW - sexual KW - spider KW - strategy KW - theory AU - Whitehouse, Mary PY - 1991/05// UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6T2J-4603XG6-65/2/51950110fafbb937daf4eb0e44935d5c ER -