Wandering males are smaller than territorial males in the damselfly calopteryx virgo (L.) (zygoptera: calopterygidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-165

  Koskimaki J ^a   Rantala, M J ^b   Suhonen, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TERRITORIALITY;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX; CALOPTERYX VIRGO; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 67650469832     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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