Conditional male dimorphism and alternative reproductive tactics in a Neotropical arachnid (Opiliones)

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 331-349

  Buzatto, Bruno A ^a   Requena, Gustavo S ^b   Lourenço, Rafael S ^c   Munguía Steyer, Roberto ^b   Machado, Glauco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conditional strategy; Environmental cue; Male polyphenism; Phenotypic plasticity; Status dependence; Threshold

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTHROPOD; COPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC VARIATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SURVIVAL; TERRITORY; THRESHOLD;

ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; OPILIONES;

EID: 79951951505     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9431-0     Document Type: Article

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