Age-related changes in flight muscle mass, lipid reserves and flight capacity during adult maturation in males of the territorial damselfly Calopteryx atrata (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Zoological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 587-592

  Matsubara, Kazuya ^a   Tojo, Sumio ^a   Suzuki, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult maturation; Flight capacity; Flight muscle; Lipid reserves; Odonata

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FLYING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; INSECTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX ATRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 21044437899     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.22.587     Document Type: Article

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