Fighting behavior and prior residency advantage in the territorial dragonfly, Perithemis tenera

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-89

  Switzer, Paul V ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Dragonfly; Fighting; Odonata; Prior residency advantage; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; DRAGONFLY; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; PRIOR RESIDENCE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; PERITHEMIS; PERITHEMIS TENERA;

EID: 2342453349     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2004.9522655     Document Type: Article

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