Immunocompetence, developmental stability and wingspot size in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens L.

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1460, 2000, Pages 2453-2457

  Rantala, M J ^a   Koskimaki, J ^a   Taskinen, J ^a   Tynkkynen, K ^a   Suhonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Calopteryx splendens; Damselfly; Encapsulation rate; Fluctuating asymmetry; Immunocompetence

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DEVELOPMENTAL INSTABILITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ORNAMENTATION;

ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; FLY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ARACHNIDA; CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0034619885     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1305     Document Type: Article

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