Competition for mating resources in a territorial damselfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 159-165

  Lefevre, Kara L ^a,c   Muehter, Vincent R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Newton Gravity Shift   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hetaerina; Odonata; Panama; Resource holding potential; Sexual dimorphism; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CALOPTERYGIDAE; HETAERINA; HETAERINA MINIATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 11244252127     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520412331333819     Document Type: Article

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