An examination of the reproduction-flight syndrome in the Texas field cricket, «Gryllus texensis»
In flying insects, migration by flight and reproduction commonly trade-off as each are energetically costly activities. This trade-off is found among wing dimorphic species, where a long-winged (LW) morph can fly and invests in flight-capability at the cost of reproduction, while a short-winged (SW)...
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McGill University
2010
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