Male mate guarding increases females' predation risk? A case study on tandem oviposition in the damselfly Coenagrion puella (Insecta: Odonata)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1013-1016

  Zeiss, Christoph ^a   Martens, Andreas ^a   Rolff, Jens ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT; MATE GUARDING; OVIPOSITION; PREDATION RISK;

COENAGRIIDAE; COENAGRION PUELLA; COENAGRIONIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; NOTONECTA GLAUCA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0033306608     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-050     Document Type: Article

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