Male choice for female colour morphs in Ischnura elegans (Odonata, Coenagrionidae): Testing the hypotheses

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1229-1232

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a   Matthysen, Erik ^a   Valck, Famke ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLY; MATE CHOICE; POLYMORPHISM;

COENAGRIONIDAE; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0032986938     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1100     Document Type: Article

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