Female reproductive success is affected by selective male harassment in the damselfly Ischnura senegalensis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 211-216

  Takahashi, Yuma ^a   Watanabe, Mamoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

female polymorphism; foraging; frequency dependent selection; Ischnura senegalensis; male harassment; Odonata; oviposition; reproductive success; sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; DIMORPHISM; EGG PRODUCTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; ISCHNURA SENEGALENSIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 72149093770     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.032     Document Type: Article

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