Ecology and sexual selection: Evolution of wing pigmentation in calopterygid damselflies in relation to latitude, sexual dimorphism, and speciation

American Naturalist

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Svensson, Erik I ^a   Waller, John T ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BiSSE; Body temperature; Calopterygidae; Diversitree; Insects; Melanin; Odonates; Thermal adaptation; Thermal imaging

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; FEMALE; FLY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MELANIN; MICROHABITAT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORELIMB; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MATE CHOICE; ODONATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; THERMOREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC SPECIATION; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ODONATA; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WING;

EID: 84885227003     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/673206     Document Type: Article

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