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Novel hatching cue in the neotropical damselfly Megaloprepus caerulatus: larval adaptation and maternal constraint

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of Groningen, 9700 Groningen, The Netherlands & Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology,
  • 2. Department of Biology, University of Oklahoma, Norman OK, USA

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E., Arjèn, Fincke, Ola M. (2023): Novel hatching cue in the neotropical damselfly Megaloprepus caerulatus: larval adaptation and maternal constraint. International Journal of Odonatology 26: 153-163, DOI: 10.48156/1388.2023.1917223, URL: https://doi.org/10.48156/1388.2023.1917223

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