A dynamical model of sexual harassment in damselflies and its implications for female-limited polymorphism

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 212-220

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a,b   Sherratt, Thomas N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Female polychromatism; Harassment; Kinetic model; Signal detection

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MODELS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYMORPHISM;

FEMALE POLYCHROMATISM; KINETIC MODELS; PHENOTYPES;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

FLY; GENETIC DRIFT; MIMICRY; MODELING; POLYMORPHISM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING;

ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 36048991738     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.07.023     Document Type: Article

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