Sex, food, and dimorphism: Insights into the trophic ecology of euproctus platycephalus
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Titre
Sex, food, and dimorphism: Insights into the trophic ecology of euproctus platycephalus
Périodique
Herpetological Conservation and Biology
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
12/2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
12
Numéro
3
Pages
683-687
Langue
anglais
Résumé
Euproctus platycephalus is among the few urodeles with forced insemination, a behavior usually invoked to explain another peculiarity of this species: males are larger than females, and they have larger heads and longer hind limbs. We examined the diet in a population of E. platycephalus to evaluate if head size dimorphism is associated with trophic divergence between sexes. We analyzed the contents of the stomach of newts from one population in central Sardinia, taking into account their sex, age, and biometric features. Our data indicated that the newts were generalist benthic foragers, and that diets of males and females were similar. Head size dimorphism likely is influenced only by sexual selection.
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