Predator-mediated natural selection on the wings of the damselfly Calopteryx splendens: Differences in selection among trait types

American Naturalist

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 91-109

  Kuchta, Shawn R ^a   Svensson, Erik I ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fitness landscape; Geometric morphometrics; Predation; Secondary sexual trait; Selection gradient; Selective agent

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FITNESS; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING SUCCESS; NATURAL SELECTION; PASSERINE; PATCH USE; PREDATION RISK; TRADE-OFF; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; ODONATA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; MALE; ODONATA; PASSERIFORMES; PHENOTYPE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SWEDEN; WING;

EID: 84902668643     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/676043     Document Type: Article

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