Flight-related body morphology shapes mating success in a damselfly

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1093-1098

  De Block, Marjan ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

damselfly; flight ability; fluctuating asymmetry; Lestes viridis; relative thorax mass; sexual selection; small male mating advantage; territoriality

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMSELFLY; FLIGHT; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOMETRY; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

CHALCOLESTES VIRIDIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 35148823961     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.01.023     Document Type: Article

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