| phenotypic plasticity in the developmental integration of morphological trade-offs and secondary sexual trait compensation. | trait exaggeration through sexual selection will tale place alongside other changes in phenotype. exaggerated morphology might be compensated by parallel changes in traits that support, enhance or facilitate exaggeration: 'secondary sexual trait compensation' (sstc). alternatively, exaggeration might be realized at the expense of other traits through morphological trade-offs. for the most part, sstc has only been examined interspecifically. for these phenomena to be important intraspecifically, ... | 2005 | 15799950 |