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Feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism in a speciose flower beetle clade (Hopliini: Scarabaeidae)

The relationship between feeding ecology and sexual dimorphism is examined in a speciose South African monkey beetle clade. We test whether feeding and mating at a fixed site (embedding guild) is associated with greater levels of sexual dimorphism and possibly sexual selection than species using unp...

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Autores principales: Colville, Jonathan F., Picker, Mike D., Cowling, Richard M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6015485/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29942673
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4632