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Elgar, MA & Nash DR. 1988. Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus. Animal Behavior 36, 1511-1517.
Gullan PJ & Cranston PS. 2005. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Blackwell, Malden.
Hausfater, G & Hrdy SB (eds.). 1984. Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. Aldine, New York.
Johns, PM. 1999. Sexual Cannibalism: who benefits?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(4), 127-128.
Klionsky, DJ. 2004. Cell biology: Regulated self-cannibalism. Nature 431, 31-32
Newman JA & Elgar MA. 1991. Sexual cannibalism in orb-weaving spiders: an economic model. The American Naturalist 138, 1372-1395.
Parker, GA. 1979. Sexual selection and sexual conflict. Pages 123-166 in Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects. Academic Press, New York, New York.
Richardson ML and Mitchell RF et al. 2010. Causes and consequences of cannibalism in noncarnivorous insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol 55, 39-53.
Strand MR & Godfray HC. 1989. Superparasitism and ovicide in parasitic hymenoptera: Theory and a case study of the ectoparasitoid bracon hebetor. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24(6), 421-432.
Strand, MR. 1988. Adaptive patterns of progeny and sex allocation by parasitic Hymenoptera. In Gupta V (ed) Advances in parasitic hymenoptera research. Brill, Leiden.
Suttle, KB. 1999. The Evolution of Sexual Cannibalism. Accessed from http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib160/past_papers/suttle.html on the 16th September 2012.
Thornhill, R. 1976. Sexual selection and paternal investment in insects. The American Naturalist 110, 153-163.
Welke K & Schneider JM. 2012. Sexual cannibalism benefits offspring survival. Animal Behaviour 83(1), 201-207.
Left header picture (figure 1) accessed from http://biologybiozine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sb2-praying-mantis.jpg on the 17th September 2012.
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Elgar, MA. 1992. Sexual cannibalism in spiders and other invertebrates. Pages 128-155 in Cannibalism: ecology and evolution among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Elgar MA & Crespi BJ (eds.). 1992. Cannibalism:ecology and evolution of cannibalism among diverse taxa. Oxford University Press, New York.
Elgar, MA & Nash DR. 1988. Sexual cannibalism in the garden spider Araneus diadematus. Animal Behavior 36, 1511-1517.
Gullan PJ & Cranston PS. 2005. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Blackwell, Malden.
Hausfater, G & Hrdy SB (eds.). 1984. Infanticide: Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives. Aldine, New York.
Johns, PM. 1999. Sexual Cannibalism: who benefits?. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 12(4), 127-128.
Klionsky, DJ. 2004. Cell biology: Regulated self-cannibalism. Nature 431, 31-32
Newman JA & Elgar MA. 1991. Sexual cannibalism in orb-weaving spiders: an economic model. The American Naturalist 138, 1372-1395.
Parker, GA. 1979. Sexual selection and sexual conflict. Pages 123-166 in Sexual Selection and Reproductive Competition in Insects. Academic Press, New York, New York.
Richardson ML and Mitchell RF et al. 2010. Causes and consequences of cannibalism in noncarnivorous insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol 55, 39-53.
Strand MR & Godfray HC. 1989. Superparasitism and ovicide in parasitic hymenoptera: Theory and a case study of the ectoparasitoid bracon hebetor. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 24(6), 421-432.
Strand, MR. 1988. Adaptive patterns of progeny and sex allocation by parasitic Hymenoptera. In Gupta V (ed) Advances in parasitic hymenoptera research. Brill, Leiden.
Suttle, KB. 1999. The Evolution of Sexual Cannibalism. Accessed from http://ib.berkeley.edu/courses/ib160/past_papers/suttle.html on the 16th September 2012.
Thornhill, R. 1976. Sexual selection and paternal investment in insects. The American Naturalist 110, 153-163.
Welke K & Schneider JM. 2012. Sexual cannibalism benefits offspring survival. Animal Behaviour 83(1), 201-207.
Left header picture (figure 1) accessed from http://biologybiozine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/sb2-praying-mantis.jpg on the 17th September 2012.
Middle header picture (figure 2) accessed from http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Drosophila_melanogaster.jpg on the 17th September 2012.
Right header picture (figure 3) accessed from http://postfiles16.naver.net/20100309_143/mimok1224_12681126749958yOAg_jpg/0_mimok1224.jpg? on the 17th September 2012.
All other images (figures 4-6) linked to source once clicked.