Do behavioural and life-history traits vary with mate-guarding intensity in libellulid odonates?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1631-1637

  Koch, K ^a   Suhling, F ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

DRAGONFLY; LIBELLULID ODONATES; MATE-GUARDING INTENSITY; OVIPOSITION;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

DRAGONFLY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE GUARDING; OVIPOSITION;

AFRICA; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIBELLULIDAE;

EID: 33144486088     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-163     Document Type: Article

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