Female reproductive decisions and parasite burden in a calopterygid damselfly (Insecta: Odonata)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 81-87

  Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a,c   Salamanca Ocaña, Juan César ^b   Lopezaraiza, Martha ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; PARASITE; PIGMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX HAEMORRHOIDALIS; INSECTA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 17044451086     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2198     Document Type: Article

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