Female colour polymorphism: Gender and the eye of the beholder in damselflies

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 259-270

  Joop, Gerrit ^a,b   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^b   Rolff, Jens ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black patterning; Coenagrion puella; Colour polymorphism; Image analysis; Imperfect mimicry; Melanism

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; GENDER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MELANISM; POLYMORPHISM;

COENAGRION PUELLA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33646440728     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-006-0001-4     Document Type: Article

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