Abstract: In various animal species, male sexual dimorphic characters may be used during intrasexual contests as ornaments to attract females, or to hold them before, during, or after copulation. In the well-known harvestman, Phalangium opilio L., 1758, the behavioral functions of these male sexually dimorphic structures have never been studied in detail. Therefore, in addition to a morphometric study, 21 male contests and 43 sexual interactions were analyzed. Our observations revealed that during contests, the male cheliceral horns form a surface by which the contestants use to push each other face-to-face while rapidly tapping their long pedipalps against the pedipalps of the opponent, occasionally twisting the opponent's pedipalp. Scanni...
Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individual to ge...
Traditionally, studies of intrasexual selection have focused on single traits that are more exaggera...
<div><p>Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individu...
Abstract: In various animal species, male sexual dimorphic characters may be used during intrasexual...
The evolution of sexually dimorphic traits has been the focus of much theoretical work, but empirica...
Intense male-male competition for females may drive the evolution of male morphological dimorphism, ...
Ainda que existam diversos registros de formas extremas de dimorfismo sexual, a função do alongado q...
<div><p>Explaining the rapid, species-specific diversification of reproductive structures and behavi...
Explaining the rapid, species-specific diversification of reproductive structures and behaviors is a...
Secondary sexual traits increase male fitness, but may be maladaptive in females, generating intralo...
In species with pronounced male armaments, body and weapon size often determine success in agonistic...
The study of mating choices often focuses on correlates of traits to the overall outcome of a mating...
Species with intense male–male competition for access to females often show alternative reproductive...
This study investigated the hole of size and corporal symmetry in the sexual selection of D. maurus,...
Preliminary observations of the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum found that individuals rub their bodie...
Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individual to ge...
Traditionally, studies of intrasexual selection have focused on single traits that are more exaggera...
<div><p>Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individu...
Abstract: In various animal species, male sexual dimorphic characters may be used during intrasexual...
The evolution of sexually dimorphic traits has been the focus of much theoretical work, but empirica...
Intense male-male competition for females may drive the evolution of male morphological dimorphism, ...
Ainda que existam diversos registros de formas extremas de dimorfismo sexual, a função do alongado q...
<div><p>Explaining the rapid, species-specific diversification of reproductive structures and behavi...
Explaining the rapid, species-specific diversification of reproductive structures and behaviors is a...
Secondary sexual traits increase male fitness, but may be maladaptive in females, generating intralo...
In species with pronounced male armaments, body and weapon size often determine success in agonistic...
The study of mating choices often focuses on correlates of traits to the overall outcome of a mating...
Species with intense male–male competition for access to females often show alternative reproductive...
This study investigated the hole of size and corporal symmetry in the sexual selection of D. maurus,...
Preliminary observations of the harvestman Leiobunum vittatum found that individuals rub their bodie...
Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individual to ge...
Traditionally, studies of intrasexual selection have focused on single traits that are more exaggera...
<div><p>Diversity in reproductive structures is frequently explained by selection acting at individu...