Polymorphic signals of harassed female odonates and the males that learn them support a novel frequency-dependent model

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 833-845

  Fincke, Ola M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL;

ODONATA;

EID: 2442625414     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.04.017     Document Type: Article

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