Reflectance spectra and mating patterns support intraspecific mimicry in the colour polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-154

  van Gossum, Hans ^a   Bots, Jessica ^a,b   van Heusden, Jasper ^a,b   Hammers, Martijn ^c   Huyghe, Katleen ^a   Morehouse, Nathan I ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Intrasexual colour polymorphism; Mate searching; Sexual conflict; Signalling

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COLOR MORPH; DAMSELFLY; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MATE CHOICE; MIMICRY; ONTOGENY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIGNALING; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

ANIMALIA; ISCHNURA ELEGANS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 78650517853     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9388-z     Document Type: Article

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