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Macroecology of Sexual Selection: A Predictive Conceptual Framework for Large-Scale Variation in Reproductive Traits.
The American naturalist - 1 Sept 2016
Machado Glauco, Buzatto Bruno A, García-Hernández Solimary, Macías-Ordóñez Rogelio
Abstract excerpt
Abiotic factors exert direct and indirect influences on behavioral, morphological, and life-history traits. Because some of these traits are related to reproduction, there is a causal link between climatic conditions and the expression of reproductive traits. This link allows us to generate predictions on how reproductive traits vary in large geographic scales. Here we formalize this macroecological framework,...
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