Study on Year-round Correlation between Mass and Copulation Duration in Forest Millipedes

Diet, copulation time, copulation energy expenditure, oxygen intake, precipitation, sex, and temperature are all factors that influence diplopod size. In the diplopod genus Centrobolus, sexual size dimorphism (SSD) has a positive connection with body size and copulation duration. The goal of this study was to see if body mass was connected to copulation duration over the course of a year. In forest millipedes, intraspecific variation in mass was assessed and linked with copulation duration (R2=0.68, d.f.=7, p=0.01). In forest millipede species, interspecific variation in mass was assessed and linked with copulation duration (R=0.6711, R2=0.4504, p=0.144473, n= 3, 3).

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Mark Cooper
School of Animal, Plant & Environmental Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2050, South Africa

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