Seasonal and diurnal variation in the proportions of female morphs of the damselfly enallagma cyathigerum

Animal Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 217-230

  Bots, Jessica ^a   Bruyn, Luc ^a,b   Adriaens, Tim ^b   Dumont, Henri ^c   Stoks, Robby ^d   Gossum, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

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

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Morph proportion; Poly morphism; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; DIURNAL VARIATION; MATE CHOICE; POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CONFLICT;

ENALLAGMA CYATHIGERUM; HETEROMORPHA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34447134731     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: 15707563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075607780377947     Document Type: Article

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