Tibiai coloration, fluctuating asymmetry and female choice behaviour in the damselfly Platycypha caligata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1517-1528

  Jennions, Michael D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOURATION; COURTSHIP BEHAVIOUR; DAMSELFLY; FEMALE CHOICE; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CHLOROCYPHIDAE; ODONATA; PLATYCYPHA; PLATYCYPHA CALIGATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0031871664     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0656     Document Type: Article

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