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Weaponry and defenses in fighting animals: how allometry can alter predictions from contest theory

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  • Alexandre V. Palaoro
  • Mark Briffa

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Lay Summary How do animals decide to give up on a fight? Fighting ability is central to the answer, and we may be assuming that it increases linearly with body size, when that may not be entirely true. Here, we adapt a framework for analyzing fights to allow fighting ability to increase exponentially with body size. We show that when that assumption is considered, the answer may differ.

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  • Alexandre V. Palaoro & Mark Briffa, 2017. "Weaponry and defenses in fighting animals: how allometry can alter predictions from contest theory," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28(1), pages 328-336.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:28:y:2017:i:1:p:328-336.
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    2. Zachary Emberts & Ummat Somjee & John J Wiens, 2021. "Damage from intraspecific combat is costly," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 32(6), pages 1240-1245.

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