Field estimates of reproductive success in a model insect: Behavioural surrogates are poor predictors of fitness

Ecology Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 905-913

  Thompson, David J ^a   Hassall, Christopher ^b   Lowe, Chris D ^a   Watts, Phillip C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Fitness; Longevity; Mating success; Microsatellite; Odonata; Offspring; Parasitism; Parentage

Indexed keywords

COENAGRION PUELLA; HEXAPODA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84931749046     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2011.01655.x     Document Type: Article

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