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

Japanese rhinoceros beetle (<i>Trypoxylus dichotomus</i>) 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. Howeve...

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Hauptverfasser: Benjamin Buchalski, Eric Gutierrez, Douglas Emlen, Laura Lavine, Brook Swanson
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: MDPI AG 2019-10-01
Schriftenreihe:Insects
Schlagworte:
allometry
sexual selection
force production
armament
Online Zugang:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/10/10/346
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