• DOI:10.1007/s00265-003-0646-8
Corpus ID: 1168990

Kinship and food availability influence cannibalism tendency in early-instar wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)

@article{Roberts2003KinshipAF,
  title={Kinship and food availability influence cannibalism tendency in early-instar wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae)},
  author={J. A. Roberts and P. Taylor and G. Uetz},
  journal={Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology},
  year={2003},
  volume={54},
  pages={416-422}
}

J. A. Roberts, P. Taylor, G. Uetz

Published 2003

Biology

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

For potentially cannibalistic animals such as spiders, the ability to recognize and avoid kin and/or preferentially cannibalize non-relatives would permit exploiting conspecifics as prey while minimizing loss of inclusive fitness. We investigated the effects of relatedness and availability of alternative food on cannibalism tendency in pairs of juvenile Hogna helluo (Walckenaer), a North American wolf spider (Araneae: Lycosidae). For second-instar spiderlings (dispersing stage), cannibalism was… CONTINUE READING

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