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Tests of the positive and functional allometry hypotheses for sexually selected traits in the Jamaican field cricket.
Behavioural processes - 1 Jul 2021
Bertram Susan M, Yaremchuk Danya D, Reifer Mykell L, Villarreal Amy, Muzzatti Matthew J, Kolluru Gita R
Abstract excerpt
Sexually selected traits, including threat signals, have been shown to scale steeply positively with body size because their exaggeration maximizes honest signalling. However, the functional allometry hypothesis makes the opposite prediction for some weapons: because the biomechanics of force applied in their use may favor relatively smaller size, sexually selected weapons may exhibit negative allometry. Tests of...
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