Forced Copulations and Female Contact Guarding at a High Male Density in a Calopterygid Damselfly

By A. Cordero. Journal of insect behavior, 2004

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Assessment of fighting ability in animal contests (2009, background): “Examples include contests over guarded females in newts (Verrell 1986), amphipods (Dick & Elwood 1990) and damselflies (Cordero 1999).”
Wing pigmentation, immune ability, fat reserves and territorial status in males of the rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana (2006, background): “…1996), being fat depleted after a fight (Plaistow and Siva-Jothy 1996; Koskimäki et al. 2004) and/or high damselfly density (e.g. Pajunen 1966; Cordero 1999), some males adopt, at some time in their lives or for the whole adult period, an alternative mate-securing tactic inspecting different…”
Sperm competition in Odonata (Insecta): the evolution of female sperm storage and rivals' sperm displacement (2003, background): “Given that odonate females can be harassed by males during oviposition (e.g. Cordero, 1999; Cordero Rivera & Andrés, 2002) which can take dramatic forms (such as serious injuries; e.g. Corbet, 1999), there is a considerable benefit of being guarded by their mates.”
Dragonflies And Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research (2008, background): “Cordero 1999; Cordero and Andres 2002).”