Territorial damselflies are larger and show negative allometry in their genitalia
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DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blab109
Abstract: The ‘functional allometry’ hypothesis proposes that the variation in allometric patterns of sexually selected traits is related to their function. We hypothesize that the allometric patterns for genitalia of aggressively territorial organisms are different from… read more here.
Keywords: allometry; territorial damselflies; body size; larger show ... See more keywords