Differential use of stored sperm during oviposition in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma (Charpentier)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 389-393

  Siva Jothy, Michael T ^a   Hooper, Rowan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Calopteryx splendens xanthostoma; Female choice; Random amplified polymorphic DNA; Sperm competition; Sperm storage organs

Indexed keywords

CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0030450430     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050305     Document Type: Article

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