Frequency-dependent male mate harassment and intra-specific variation in its avoidance by females of the damselfly Ischnura elegans

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 69-75

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Stoks, Robby ^b   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Color polymorphism; Harassment; Learning; Mimicry; Odonata

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COLOR MORPH; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LEARNING; MIMICRY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

COENAGRIONIDAE; ISCHNURA; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0035785928     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650100418     Document Type: Article

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