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Male coercion and convenience polyandry in a calopterygid damselfly

Copulation in odonates requires female cooperation because females must raise their abdomen to allow intromission. Nevertheless in Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis haemorrhoidalis (Odonata) males commonly grasp ovipositing females and apparently force copulations. This has been interpreted as a consequenc...

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Autores principales: Rivera, A. Cordero, Andrés, J.A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Arizona Library 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC355914/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15455048