caa a22 4500 465782213 CHVBK 20180323111958.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF00171104 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF00171104 Fitness consequences of prolonged copulation in the bowl and doily spider [Elektronische Daten] [R. Suter, V. Parkhill] Summary: Bowl and doily spiders, Frontinella pyramitela (Araneae, Linyphiidae), copulate much longer than the 15 min required for insemination. This apparently maladaptive behavior has been satisfactorily explained in the literature by invoking hypotheses that involve sperm competition, resistance to predators and parasites, or foraging enhancement. In this study, the fertility, live progeny production, progeny size, female receptivity, and latency to oviposition of bowl and doily spiders were measured and related to copulation duration. Using these data, we were able to eliminate six hypotheses and support a seventh: in this species, longer copulations result in larger hatchlings in the first clutch of eggs produced by the female. Although the correlation between copulation duration and progeny size is positive and significant, much of the variation in progeny size remains unexplained, and the reason for the variability in copulation durations remains obscure. Springer-Verlag, 1990 Suter R. Department of Biology, Vassar College, 12601, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA aut Parkhill V. Department of Biology, Vassar College, 12601, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA aut Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 26/5(1990-05-01), 369-373 0340-5443 26:5<369 1990 26 265 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171104 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00171104 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Suter R. Department of Biology, Vassar College, 12601, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parkhill V. Department of Biology, Vassar College, 12601, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Springer-Verlag 26/5(1990-05-01), 369-373 0340-5443 26:5<369 1990 26 265 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer