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Sexual conflict does not maintain female colour polymorphism in a territorial damselfly

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Published in 2018 at "Animal Behaviour"

DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.020

Abstract: Female-limited dimorphism is commonly hypothesized to be an adaptation resulting from male harassment or sexual conflict over female mating rate. We examined whether males discriminate between female colour morphs of the beautiful Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion… read more here.

Keywords: damselfly; female colour; conflict; sexual conflict ... See more keywords