Cultural advice

The Australian National University acknowledges, celebrates and pays our respects to the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people of the Canberra region and to all First Nations Australians on whose traditional lands we meet and work, and whose cultures are among the oldest continuing cultures in human history.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are advised that ANU Library collections may include images, names, voices, and other representations of deceased persons.

Material in the collection may contain terms, language or views that reflect the period in which the item was created and may be considered inappropriate today.

Ferocious Fighting between Male Grasshoppers

Date

Authors

Umbers, Kate

Tatarnic, Nikolai J.

Holwell, Gregory I.

Herberstein, Marie

Publisher

Public Library of Science

Abstract

Contests among individuals over mating opportunities are common across diverse taxa, yet physical conflict is relatively rare. Due to the potentially fatal consequences of physical fighting, most animals employ mechanisms of conflict resolution involving

Keywords

Keywords: aggression; animal behavior; article; bite; body size; Caelifera; chameleon grasshopper; female; fighting; injury; Kosciuscola tristis; male; mandible; mating; nonhuman; prediction; sex role; Agonistic Behavior; Animals; Female; Grasshoppers; Male; Reprod

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/65076

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

PLOS ONE (Public Library of Science)

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0049600

Restricted until

2037-12-31

Downloads

File

Description

01_Umbers_Ferocious_Fighting_between_2012.pdf (271.11 KB)