Seasonal variation in genital and body size, sperm displacement ability, female mating rate, and male harassment in two calopterygid damselflies (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 815-829

  Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Sexual selection; Sperm competition

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; DAMSELFLY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPERM COMPETITION;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX HAEMORRHOIDALIS; HETAERINA AMERICANA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 61349137863     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01164.x     Document Type: Article

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