Abstract:The timing of maturation, a critical fitness determinant, is influenced by developmental and energetic constraints, particularly when growth is poor in adverse conditions. Such constraints can be altered through developmental plasticity. Thus, in theory, plasticity in energetically costly sexually selected morphologies can promote life history flexibility in variable environments. We experimentally tested this hypothesis in bulb mites (Rhizoglyphus robini) that polyphenically develop as armed fighters with enl… Show more
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