Expression of a costly, plastic secondary sexual trait is correlated with age and condition in a damselfly with two male morphs

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 364-369

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

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Costly sexual trait; Melanin; Mnais costalis; Nutrient levels; Odonata; Pigment; Polymorphism; Radiolabel; Tyrosine

Indexed keywords

MNAIS COSTALIS;

EID: 0032729558     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.1999.00152.x     Document Type: Article

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