Mating frequency, population density female polychromatism in the damselfly Ischnura graellsii: An analysis of four natural populations

Etologia

Volumn , Issue 6, 1998, Pages 61-67

  Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^a   Pérez, Francisco Javier Egido ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Density dependence; Female limited polychromatism; Odonata

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742545470     PISSN: 11303204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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