Males missing their sexually selected weapon have decreased fighting ability and mating success in a competitive environment

Males that drop a sexually selected weapon grow larger testes

(2017) Paul N. Joseph et al.   EVOLUTION

Experimental manipulation reveals a trade-off between weapons and testes

(2017) U. Somjee et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Novel host plant leads to the loss of sexual dimorphism in a sexually selected male weapon

(2017) Pablo E. Allen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Seasonal Effects on the Population, Morphology and Reproductive Behavior of Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Coreidae)

(2017) Lauren Cirino et al.   Insects

Coreidae (Insecta: Hemiptera) Limb Loss and Autotomy

(2016) Zachary Emberts et al.   ANNALS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Do weaponless males of the hermit crab Pagurus minutus give up contests without escalation? Behavior of intruders that lack their major cheliped in male–male contests

(2016) Chiaki I. Yasuda et al.   JOURNAL OF ETHOLOGY

Feeding Behavior of a Crab According to Cheliped Number

(2015) Diogo Nunes de Oliveira et al.   PLoS One

Sexual selection is influenced by both developmental and adult environments

(2014) Stephanie R. Gillespie et al.   EVOLUTION

Structural adaptations to diverse fighting styles in sexually selected weapons

(2014) Erin L. McCullough et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Mechanical limits to maximum weapon size in a giant rhinoceros beetle

(2014) E. L. McCullough   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The form of sexual selection arising from male-male competition depends on the presence of females in the social environment

(2012) D. S. PROCTER et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Function of the major cheliped in male–male competition in the hermit crab Pagurus nigrofascia

(2011) Chiaki Yasuda et al.   MARINE BIOLOGY

Assessment of fighting ability in animal contests

(2009) Gareth Arnott et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

How do weaponless male fiddler crabs avoid aggression?

(2009) Isobel Booksmythe et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY