Resource defense polygyny by hetaerina rosea selys (Odonata: Calopterygidae): Influence of age and wing pigmentation

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-84

  Guillermo Ferreira, R ^a   Del Claro, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Behavior; Competition; Lek; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSECTS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; WING;

CALOPTERYGIDAE; HETAERINA; HETAERINA ROSEA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 79952915436     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1519-566X2011000100011     Document Type: Article

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