Differences in Mating Propensity Between Immature Female Color Morphs in the Damselfly Ischnura elegans (Insecta: Odonata)

Female-limited color polymorphisms occur in a variety of animal taxa where excessive male sexual harassment may explain the coexistence of multiple female color morphs. In the color polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans, mature and immature female color morphs coexist at the mating site where males...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of insect behavior 2009-07, Vol.22 (4), p.324-337
Hauptverfasser:	Hammers, Martijn, Sánchez-Guillén, Rosa Ana, Van Gossum, Hans
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agriculture Animal behavior Animal Ecology Animal ethology Animal reproduction Aquatic insects Behavioral Sciences Biological and medical sciences Biomedical and Life Sciences Color polymorphism Entomology Evolutionary Biology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Insects Ischnura elegans Life Sciences male preference mating success Neurobiology Odonata Polymorphism Protozoa. Invertebrata Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Sexual harassment
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