Wing shape and its influence on the outcome of territorial contests in the damselfly calopteryx virgo

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bots, Jessica ^a   Breuker, Casper J ^b   Kaunisto, Kari M ^c   Koskimäki, Jani ^c,d   Gossum, Hans Van ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

aspect ratio; geometric morphometrics; male male competition; resource holding potential; wing design Abbreviations: RHP

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ODONATA; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; ODONATA; TERRITORIALITY; WING;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874143699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.012.9601     Document Type: Article

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