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Females of the red damselfly Mnesarete pudica are attracted to more ornamented males and attract rival males

Male calopterygid damselflies often exhibit colourful wings used during aggressive contests and courtship displays. Evidence suggests that male wing coloration is a secondary sexual character assessed by males and females to identify male quality. In some species, males adopt a lekking strategy, whe...

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Autores principales: Pena-Firme, Paloma, Guillermo-Ferreira, Rhainer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7458925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32868843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-71057-z