Publication details
Deposition, removal and production site of the amorphous mating plug in the spider Philodromus cespitum
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| Year of publication | 2018 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | SCIENCE OF NATURE |
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| Web | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1575-8 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-018-1575-8 |
| Keywords | Araneae; mating; plugs |
| Description | In order to avoid sperm competition, males of many taxa apply physical barriers, so-called mating plugs, into female genitalia. Females may control which males deposit a plug through pre-copulatory mate choice or by influencing plug efficacy to avoid costs imposed by plugging. However, subsequent suitors might remove the plugs. We investigated behavioural and morphological aspects of plug deposition and removal in a promiscuous spider, Philodromus cespitum (Philodromidae). |
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