Intrasexual competition alone favors a sexually dimorphic ornament in the rubyspot damselfly Hetaerina americana

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1949-1957

  Grether, Gregory F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; coloration; intrasexual competition; mate choice; Odonata; sexual conflict; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

HETAERINA AMERICANA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION; RUBYSPOT DAMSELFLY; SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY; WING COLOUR;

EID: 0029659222     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb03582.x     Document Type: Article

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