Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect

Multi-modal locomotor costs favor smaller males in a sexually dimorphic leaf-mimicking insect

Abstract Background In most arthropods, adult females are larger than males, and male competition is a race to quickly locate and mate with scattered females (scramble competition polygyny). Variation in body size among males may confer advantages that depend on context. Smaller males may be favored...

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Main Authors: Romain P. Boisseau, Thies H. Büscher, Lexi J. Klawitter, Stanislav N. Gorb, Douglas J. Emlen, Bret W. Tobalske
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-03-01
Series:BMC Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Phasmatodea
Scramble competition
Flight
Adhesion
Computational fluid dynamics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01993-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-022-01993-z

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