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Plasticity of the reproductive behaviour in a dragonfly,Sympetrum parvulum Barteneff, with reference to the social relationship of males and the density of territories

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  1. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Kyoto University, 606, Kyoto, Japan

    Tetsuyuki Uéda

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This study was partially granted by the Ministry of Education (No. 148006 forH. Kawanabe)

Contribution from the Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Kyoto University, No. 405

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Uéda, T. Plasticity of the reproductive behaviour in a dragonfly,Sympetrum parvulum Barteneff, with reference to the social relationship of males and the density of territories. Res Popul Ecol 21, 135–152 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02512643

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