Male mating tactics in the American rubyspot damselfly: territoriality, nonterritoriality and switching behaviour

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1851-1860

  Raihani, G ^a   Serrano Meneses, M A ^b   Cordoba Aguilar A ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

alternative reproductive behaviours; American rubyspot; Hetaerina americana; sexual selection; territoriality

Indexed keywords

FLY; MATING BEHAVIOR; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

HETAERINA AMERICANA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 44349102486     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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