Variation in an Extreme Weapon: Horn Performance Differences across Rhinoceros Beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) Populations

Japanese rhinoceros beetle (Trypoxylus dichotomus) males have exaggerated head horns that they use as weapons in combat over reproductive opportunities. In these contests, there is an advantage to having a longer horn, and there seems to be little cost to horn exaggeration. However, populations vary...

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Autores principales: Buchalski, Benjamin, Gutierrez, Eric, Emlen, Douglas, Lavine, Laura, Swanson, Brook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31618906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10100346

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6835817/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31618906
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects10100346

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