Morphological and physiological sexual selection targets in a territorial damselfly

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 677-683

  Swillen, Ine ^a   De Block, Marjan ^a   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Energy reserves; Flight ability; Fluctuating asymmetry; Functional approach; Mating success; Performance; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FITNESS; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; MATING SUCCESS; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; CHALCOLESTES VIRIDIS; HEXAPODA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 70449451019     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2009.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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