Female multiple mating selects for male adaptations that maximize fertilization success in a context of sperm competition. While male mating strategies usually reflect a trade-off between present and future reproduction, this trade-off is largely removed in systems where the maximum number of...

Mating strategies are to a large degree shaped by conflicts between the sexes, causing a rapid antagonistic coevolution of traits involved in reproduction. The view that sexual cannibalism represents a form of sexual conflict leads to the prediction of male traits that facilitate escape from...