Quantifying the costs of pre‐ and postcopulatory traits for males: Evidence that costs of ejaculation are minor relative to mating effort
Abstract Although it is widely stated that both mating behavior and sperm traits are energetically costly for males, we currently lack empirical estimates of the relative costs to males of pre‐ versus postcopulatory investments. Such estimates require the experimental separation of the act of mating...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-08-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.228 |