Competition for perching sites in the hyaline-winged males of the damselfly Mnais Pruinosa Costalis selys that use sneaky mate-securing tactics (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-191

  Watanabe, M ^a   Taguchi, M ^b  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hashimoto High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DAMSELFLY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOUR; PERCHING SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; MATING;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; MNAIS PRUISONA COSTALIS; ODONATA; MNAIS PRUINOSA COSTALIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0031284381     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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