Colour, fat and social status in male damselflies, Calopteryx maculata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 851-855

  Fitzstephens, Donna Marie ^a   Getty, Thomas ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DAMSELFLY; DOMINANCE; FAT RESERVE; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX MACULATA; ODONATA;

EID: 0034494621     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1548     Document Type: Article

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