Kelly, Clint2015-12-101045-2249http://hdl.handle.net/1885/52097In 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 rivalsKeywords: 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 dimorphism200810.1093/beheco/arm1212015-12-09