Effect of body size and feeding on fecundity in the damselfly Ischnura verticalis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 477-483

  Richardson, Jean M L ^a,b   Baker, Robert L ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; COENAGRIONIDAE; ISCHNURA VERTICALIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

BODY SIZE; DAMSELFLY; FECUNDITY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL MATURITY;

EID: 0030617602     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546890     Document Type: Article

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