Disturbance by unpaired males prolongs postcopulatory guarding duration in the damselfly Lestes virens (Charpentier) (Zygoptera: Lestidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-301

  Utzeri, C ^a   Ercoli, C ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

LESTES; LESTIDAE; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 4344586027     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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