Novel cost of a sexually selected trait in the rubyspot damselfly Hetaerina americana: Conspicuousness to prey

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 465-473

  Grether, Gregory F ^a,b   Grey, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

coloration; conspicuousness; crypsis; hunting; natural selection; Odonata; predation; predator; prey; sexual selection

Indexed keywords

HETAERINA AMERICANA; CALOPTERYGIDAE; ODONATA;

PREDATOR CONSPICUOUSNESS; RUBYSPOT DAMSELFLY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EID: 0030302886     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.4.465     Document Type: Article

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