Thermoregulatory constraints on behavior: Patterns in a neotropical dragonfly assemblage;Restrições de termoregulação sobre o comportamento: Padrões em uma assembléia de libélulas tropicais

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-162

  de Marco Jr , Paulo ^a   Latini, Anderson O ^b   Resende, Daniela C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Body size; Density dependent effect; Neotropical; Territoriality; Time budget

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

EID: 40449122044     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1519-566x2005000200002     Document Type: Article

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