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

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...

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Pubblicato in:Biol Lett
Autori principali: Toft, Søren, Albo, Maria J.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2016
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4892239/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27194284
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2015.1082
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