Condition-Dependent Trade-Off Between Weapon Size and Immunity in Males of the European Earwig
Abstract Investigating the expression of trade-offs between key life-history functions is central to our understanding of how these functions evolved and are maintained. However, detecting trade-offs can be challenging due to variation in resource availability, which masks trade-offs at the populati...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2017-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08339-6 |