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Morphological Correlates of a Combat Performance Trait in the Forked Fungus Beetle, Bolitotherus cornutus

Combat traits are thought to have arisen due to intense male-male competition for access to females. While large and elaborate weapons used in attacking other males have often been the focus of sexual selection studies, defensive traits (both morphological and performance) have received less attenti...

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Autores principales: Benowitz, Kyle M., Brodie, Edmund D., Formica, Vincent A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419742/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22916153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0042738

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