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List of works by Maydianne C.B. Andrade

A change in competitive context reverses sexual selection on male size.

scientific article published on 11 November 2008

A review of the mechanisms and functional roles of male silk use in spider courtship and mating

scientific article published in August 2018

Acylated serine derivatives: a unique class of arthropod pheromones of the Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti

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Assessment during aggressive contests between male jumping spiders.

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Behavioural, morphological, and life history shifts during invasive spread

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Black widows as plastic wallflowers: female choosiness increases with indicators of high mate availability in a natural population

scientific article published on 02 June 2020

Body condition but not dietary restriction prolongs lifespan in a semelparous capital breeder

scientific article published on 10 June 2009

Broken Copulatory Organs are Low-Cost Adaptations to Sperm Competition in Redback Spiders

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Contact pheromones mediate male preference in black widow spiders: avoidance of hungry sexual cannibals?

Copulation with immature females increases male fitness in cannibalistic widow spiders.

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Developmental plasticity in metabolic rates reinforces morphological plasticity in response to social cues of sexual selection

scientific article published on 21 May 2012

Evidence for developmental plasticity in response to demographic variation in nature.

scientific article published in August 2009

Examination of prior contest experience and the retention of winner and loser effects.

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Experience affects the outcome of agonistic contests without affecting the selective advantage of size

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Extreme repeated mating as a counter-adaptation to sexual conflict?

scientific article published in December 2004

FEMALE CHOICE FOR AN INDICATOR OF MALE SIZE IN THE SONG OF THE BLACK-HORNED TREE CRICKET, OECANTHUS NIGRICORNIS (ORTHOPTERA: GRYLLIDAE: OECANTHINAE).

scientific article published in December 1996

Family Affects Sibling Cannibalism in the Black Widow Spider, Latrodectus hesperus

Female hunger can explain variation in cannibalistic behavior despite male sacrifice in redback spiders

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Female's courtship threshold allows intruding males to mate with reduced effort.

scientific article published on 28 October 2009

High resource valuation fuels “desperado” fighting tactics in female jumping spiders

scientific article published in 2010

Immature mating as a tactic of polygynous male western widow spiders

scientific article published on 03 January 2020

Invasive Widow Spiders Perform Differently At Low Temperatures than Conspecifics from the Native Range

scientific article published on 01 June 2022

Male black widows parasitize mate-searching effort of rivals to find females faster

scientific article published on 31 July 2019

Male development tracks rapidly shifting sexual versus natural selection pressures

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Males assess chemical signals to discriminate just-mated females from virgins in redback spiders

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Mate-guarding courtship behaviour: tactics in a changing world

article published in 2014

Mating system does not predict permanent sperm depletion in black widow spiders

scientific article published in May 2013

Metabolic efficiency in courtship favors males with intermediate mass in the Australian redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti.

scientific article published on 29 November 2014

Multiple sperm storage organs facilitate female control of paternity.

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Natural Compounds as Spider Repellents: Fact or Myth?

scientific article published on 22 December 2017

Neutral fitness outcomes contradict inferences of sexual 'coercion' derived from male's damaging mating tactic in a widow spider

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Novel male trait prolongs survival in suicidal mating

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Pattern of sperm transfer in redback spiders: implications for sperm competition and male sacrifice

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Rapid response to intraclonal selection in the pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)

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Risky business: males choose more receptive adults over safer subadults in a cannibalistic spider

scientific article published on 25 April 2022

Risky mate search and mate preference in the golden orb-web spider (Nephila plumipes)

scientific article published in 2006

SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL DEMOGRAPHIC VARIATION DRIVES WITHIN-SEASON FLUCTUATIONS IN SEXUAL SELECTION

scientific article published on 28 June 2008

Sibling cannibalism in a web-building spider: effects of density and shared environment.

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Subtle pedipalp dimorphism: a reliable method for sexing juvenile spiders

scientific article published in 2008

Terminal Investment Strategies and Male Mate choice: Extreme Tests of Bateman.

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The relative importance of RHP and resource quality in contests with ownership asymmetries

scientific article published in 2010

Value of male remating and functional sterility in redback spiders

Vibratory Communication in the Jumping Spider Phidippus clarus: Substrate-borne Courtship Signals are Important for Male Mating Success