Sexual selection as the possible underlying force in calopterygid wing pigmentation: Comparative evidence with Hetaerina and Calopteryx (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-233

  Serrano Meneses, M A ^a   Sanchez Rojas G ^b   Cordoba Aguilar A ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; DAMSELFLY; SEXUAL SELECTION; WING;

ANIMALIA; CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX AEQUABILIS; CALOPTERYX HAEMORRHOIDALIS; HETAERINA; HETAERINA AMERICANA; HETAERINA VULNERATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 51649110207     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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