• DOI:10.1016/S0003-3472(88)80030-7
Corpus ID: 53194331

Confusion over residency and the escalation of damselfly territorial disputes

@article{Waage1988ConfusionOR,
  title={Confusion over residency and the escalation of damselfly territorial disputes},
  author={J. K. Waage},
  journal={Animal Behaviour},
  year={1988},
  volume={36},
  pages={586-595}
}

J. K. Waage

Published 1988

Psychology

Animal Behaviour

Abstract Territorial contests among male Calopteryx maculata (Odonata) damselflies normally involve one or a few short (4–10s) pursuits of an intruder by the resident. However, in a 3-year sample of 2005 bouts, 18·5% involved escalated, spiralling aerial chases that were significantly longer, some lasting several hours. These escalations usually occurred when two males shared the same territory but were rare in contests with intruders or with neighbouring territorial males. Escalations were… CONTINUE READING

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