Lifetime fitness components in female colour morphs of a damselfly: Density- or frequency-dependent selection?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-523

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a,b   Stoks, Robby ^c   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ischnura; Lifetime reproductive success; Odonata; Polymorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; FITNESS; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ISCHNURA; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 28944454532     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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