Sexual selection on flight endurance, flight-related morphology and physiology in a scrambling damselfly

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 639-654

  Gyulavári, Hajnalka Anna ^a,b   Therry, Lieven ^a   Dévai, György ^b   Stoks, Robby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Energy reserves; Flight ability; Immune function; Mating success; Multivariate phenotypic selection

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FAT RESERVE; FITNESS; FLIGHT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MATING SUCCESS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION; WING MORPHOLOGY;

COENAGRION PUELLA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84901854020     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-014-9703-1     Document Type: Article

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