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Survival cost of an intrasexually selected ornament in a damselfly

Ornaments could evolve as honest indicators of fighting ability, provided they have costs that make deceptive signalling unprofitable. I tested for such costs by manipulating the size of the intrasexually selected wing spots of male rubyspot damselflies (Hetaerina americana) and monitoring survival...

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Autor Principal: Grether, G. F.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: 1997
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1688247/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1997.0029
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