Male mate searching and female availability in the dragonfly, Libellula saturata: Relationships in time and space

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 293-298

  Debano, S J ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIBELLULA SATURATA; LIBELLULIDAE;

EID: 0030424757     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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