Alternative mating tactics and aggressive male interactions in Mnais nawai yamamoto (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-169

  Higashi, K ^a   Nomakuchi, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DAMSELFLY; MATING BEHAVIOUR; MALE-MALE INTERACTION; MATING; TERRITORIALITY;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; MNAIS NAWAI; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0031284380     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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