Maintenance of polymorphic females: Do parasites play a role?

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-113

  Sanchez Guillen R A ^a   Martinez Zamilpa S M J ^a   Jimenez Cortes J G ^a   Forbes, M R L ^b   Cordoba Aguilar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female polymorphism; Natural selection; Odonates; Parasites; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; DAMSELFLY; FECUNDITY; MIMICRY; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; ENALLAGMA; ISCHNURA DENTICOLLIS; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84872145072     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2388-7     Document Type: Article

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