Female sexual receptivity and male copula guarding during prolonged copulations in the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-31

  Sawada, Kouji ^a  

^a Kashii High School   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISCHNURA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 0033437176     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02769294     Document Type: Article

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