Damselfly females prefer hot males: Higher courtship success in males in sunspots

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1547-1554

  Tsubaki, Yoshitaka ^a   Samejima, Yuka ^a   Siva Jothy, Michael T ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Courtship; Damselfly; Mate preference; Mnais; Signal; Territory

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; COURTSHIP; DAMSELFLY; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MATE GUARDING; MATING SUCCESS; OVIPOSITION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SIGNAL; SUNSPOT; TERRITORY; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; MNAIS; MNAIS COSTALIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 77956765019     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0968-2     Document Type: Article

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