Colour, fat and social status in male damselflies, Calopteryx maculata
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A new study shows that colour is a subtle cue to fat and social status in male damselflies. The basic mechanism of the process is explained.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2000
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Interspecific territoriality in Calopteryx damselflies: the role of secondary sexual characters
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The role of the secondary sexual qualities like pigmented wing spots in determining the territorial behavior of damselflies (genus Calopteryx) is studied.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 2006
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Handicap signalling: when fecundity and viability do not add up
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Honest handicap signalling basically requires that a slightly higher-quality signaller must have higher fitness effect of advertising. It does not require that receivers maximize their fitness, only that they return benefits to signallers as a result of the size of the signal. Exaggerated signals resulting from an exaggeration of receiver preferences by sensory bias or indirect selection may confirm the handicap principle.
Publication Name: Animal Behaviour
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0003-3472
Year: 1998
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