Larval behaviour of a giant damselfly: Territoriality or size-dependent dominance?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 77-87

  Fincke, Ola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEGALOPREPUS COERULATUS; ODONATA;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; DAMSELFLY; DOMINANCE; TERRITORIALITY;

PANAMA;

EID: 0029668994     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0007     Document Type: Article

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