Males do not catch up with females in pursuing flight in Calopteryx splendens (Odonata: Calopterygidae)

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 195-203

  Hilfert Rüppell, Dagmar ^a   Rüppell, Georg ^a  

^a Institut für die Didaktik der Naturwissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative reproductive behaviour; Dragonfly; Flight; Odonata; Signalling; Slow motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CALOPTERYGIDAE; CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; ODONATA;

EID: 72349099433     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.2009.9748339     Document Type: Article

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