Body temperature and body size affect flight performance in a damselfly

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 685-692

  Samejima, Yuka ^a   Tsubaki, Yoshitaka ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative mating strategies; Body temperature; Lifting force; Mnais costalis; Thermoregulation; Wing color polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLOR; DAMSELFLY; ECTOTHERMY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; MNAIS COSTALIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77950536530     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0886-3     Document Type: Article

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