Territoriality in odonates

Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Suhonen, Jukka ^a   Rantala, Markus J ^a   Honkavaara, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density; Energy reserves; Immunocompetence; Interspecific territoriality; Intra territoriality; Parasites; Resource holding potential; Sex ratio; Sexual ornament

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919696143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199230693.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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