Sexual selection in Hetaerina titia males: A possible key species to understand the evolution of pigmentation in calopterygid damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera)

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 931-952

  Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a   Lesher Treviño, Ana C ^a   Anderson, Christopher N ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calopterygidae; Fat reserves; Hetaerina titia; Immunity; Parasites; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX; HETAERINA; HETAERINA TITIA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34547940112     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781492672     Document Type: Article

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