Male damselflies detect female mating status: Importance for postcopulatory sexual selection

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-804

  Uhía, Edith ^a   Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; DAMSELFLY; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

ANIMALIA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 15744390576     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.08.005     Document Type: Article

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