Sex-specific life-history strategies among immature jumping spiders: Differences in body parameters and behavior

ABSTRACT: Abstract Selection forces often generate sex-specific differences in various traits closely related to fitness. While in adult spiders (Araneae), sexes often differ in coloration, body size, antipredator, or foraging behavior, such sex-related differences are less pronounced among immatures. However, sex-specific life-history strategies may also be adaptive for immatures. Thus, we hypothesized that among spiders, immature individuals show different life-history strategies that are expressed as sex-specific differences in body parameters and behavioral features, and also in their relationships. We used immature individuals of a protandrous jumping spider, Carrhotus xanthogramma, and examined sex-related differences. The results showed that males have higher mass and larger prosoma than fema

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10449423 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature