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Identifying a causal agent of sexual selection on weaponry in an insect

Date

Authors

Kelly, Clint

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Abstract

In many animal species, males do not seek females directly but instead locate and defend sites that contain spatially or temporally limited resources essential to female survival and reproduction. Resident males that successfully repel conspecific rivals

Keywords

Keywords: conservation; identification method; insect; mating success; reproduction; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; survival; weaponry; Australasia; New Zealand; Animalia; Anostostomatidae; Hemideina; Hemideina crassidens; Hexapoda; Orthoptera; Tettigonioidea Conservation; Hemideina; Longitudinal study; Resource defense; Selection gradient; Sexual dimorphism

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52097

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Behavioral Ecology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1093/beheco/arm121

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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