Fluctuating asymmetry, sexual selection, and survivorship in male dark-winged damselflies

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 779-791

  Beck, Michelle L ^a,c   Pruett Jones, Stephen ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVORSHIP;

CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX MACULATA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0036741099     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00814.x     Document Type: Article

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