Male rarity and putative sex-role reversal in Fijian damselflies (Odonata)

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-598

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Beatty, Christopher D ^b   Charlat, Sylvain ^c,d   Waqa, Hilda ^e   Markwell, Timothy ^e   Skevington, Jeffrey H ^f   Tuiwawa, Marika ^e   Sherratt, Thomas N ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

^f Arachnids and Nematodes   (Canada)

^g CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiji; Insects; Male rarity; Mating system; Odonata; Pacific; Sex role reversal; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FLY; PARENTAL CARE; RARITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX ROLE; TERRITORIALITY;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 35348816652     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004373     Document Type: Article

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