Signal function of wing colour in a polymorphic damselfly, Mnais costalis Selys (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Hooper, R E ^a,b   Plaistow, S J ^a,c   Tsubaki, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; MALE; WING;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; MNAIS COSTALIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33644612969     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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