Choose your weapon: defensive behavior is associated with morphology and performance in scorpions.

Morphology can be adaptive through its effect on performance of an organism. The effect of performance may, however, be modulated by behavior; an organism may choose a behavioral option that does not fully utilize its maximum performance. Behavior may therefore be decoupled from morphology and perfo...

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Main Authors: Arie van der Meijden, Pedro Lobo Coelho, Pedro Sousa, Anthony Herrel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3827323?pdf=render