Territorial conflicts in males of the dragonfly, Orthetrum japonicum japonicum (Odonata: Libellulidae): The role of body size

Zoological Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 505-509

  Kasuya, Eiiti ^a,b   Edanami, Kaori ^a   Ohno, Ikuko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; ORTHETRUM JAPONICUM;

EID: 0039976769     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.14.505     Document Type: Article

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