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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Main Authors: Maximilian Körner, Fanny Vogelweith, Susanne Foitzik, Joël Meunier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08339-6