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Differential allocation in a gift-giving spider: males adjust their reproductive investment in response to female condition
BACKGROUND: When males are selective, they can either reject low-quality females or adjust their reproductive investment in response to traits that indicate female quality (e.g., body size or condition). According to the differential allocation hypothesis, males increase their reproductive investmen...
Autores principales: | Solano-Brenes, Diego, Costa-Schmidt, Luiz Ernesto, Albo, Maria Jose, Machado, Glauco |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8268551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34238218 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01870-1 |
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