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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...
Autores principales: | Benowitz, Kyle M., Brodie, Edmund D., Formica, Vincent A. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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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