Conspicuous body coloration and predation risk in damselflies: Are andromorphs easier to detect than gynomorphs?

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 134, Issue 2 PART 1, 2004, Pages 37-40

  Van Gossum, Hans ^a   Stoks, Robby ^b   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Colour polymorphism; Detection; Odonata; Predation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; MODELING; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATION RISK;

ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 4544233479     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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