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A negative association between horn length and survival in a weakly dimorphic ungulate

While all models of sexual selection assume that the development and expression of enlarged secondary sexual traits are costly, males with larger ornaments or weapons generally show greater survival or longevity. These studies have mostly been performed in species with high sexual size dimorphism, s...

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Autores principales: Douhard, Mathieu, Crampe, Jean‐Paul, Loison, Anne, Bonenfant, Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7083655/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32211156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6050