Sympatric shift in a male sexual ornament in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Honkavaara, J ^a   Dunn, D W ^b   Ilvonen, S ^a   Suhonen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calopteryx splendens; Character displacement; Damselfly; Interspecific aggression; Reproductive trait; Sexual ornament

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALLOPATRY; DAMSELFLY; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SYMPATRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WING;

CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS; CALOPTERYX VIRGO; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 78650248961     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02146.x     Document Type: Article

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