Effects of extreme variation in female morph frequencies on the mating behaviour of male damselflies

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 225-236

  Ting, Janice J ^a,c   Bots, Jessica ^b   Jvostov, Felipe Pérez ^a   van Gossum, Hans ^b   Sherratt, Thomas N ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female polymorphism; Frequency dependent selection; Learned mate recognition; Male harassment; Male mimicry; Odonates

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE; MALE; MATE RECOGNITION; MULTIPLE MATING; POLYMORPHISM; TAXONOMY;

NEHALENNIA IRENE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77950525162     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0839-x     Document Type: Article

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