What causes male-biased sex ratios in mature damselfly populations?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 188-197

  Stoks, Robby ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Damselflies; Growth; Lestes sponsa; Predation risk; Sex ratio; Sexual size dimorphism; Survival; Zygoptera

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; MATURATION; PREDATION; SEX RATIO;

INSECTA; LESTES SPONSA; LESTIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0035032332     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.2001.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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