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Nonadaptive radiation in damselflies [PDF]
Evolutionary Applications, 2015 AbstractAdaptive radiations have long served as living libraries to study the build‐up of species richness; however, they do not provide good models for radiations that exhibit negligible adaptive disparity. Here, we review work on damselflies to argue that nonadaptive mechanisms were predominant in the radiation of this group and have driven species ...
Maren Wellenreuther +1 more
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Flight of the dragonflies and damselflies [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2016 This work is a synthesis of our current understanding of the mechanics, aerodynamics and visually mediated control of dragonfly and damselfly flight, with the addition of new experimental and computational data in several key areas. These are: the diversity of dragonfly wing morphologies, the aerodynamics of gliding flight, force generation in flapping
Richard J. Bomphrey +3 more
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BMC Ecology, 2010 Background Insects can resist parasites using the costly process of melanotic encapsulation. This form of physiological resistance has been studied under laboratory conditions, but the abiotic and biotic factors affecting resistance in natural insect ...
Robb Tonia, Nagel Laura, Forbes Mark R
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018 A study was carried out to assess the Odonata fauna of Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary, Odisha, eastern India from November 2012 to October 2013. During the study a total of 54 species of odonates including 37 species of dragonflies (Anisoptera) and 17 ...
Subrat Debata, Kedar Kumar Swain
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Archives of Polish Fisheries, 2014 Interactions were studied among juvenile narrow-claw crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz), and common water frog, Rana esculenta (L.), tadpoles and common blue damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier), larvae during rearing under ...
Ulikowski Dariusz +4 more
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Odonata of Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015 This paper presents records of Odonata collected in July 2012 in Maludam National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. A total of 48 species from nine families were collected. Three species were new to science, one of which has already been described as Prodasineura
Rory A. Dow +2 more
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Analysis of adult damselfly fecal material aids in the estimation of antibiotic-resistant Enterobacterales contamination of the local environment [PDF]
PeerJ, 2018 Because damselflies are ubiquitously but focally present in natural environments and play a critical role as predators of other insect species, the fecal matter of damselflies may be useful for investigating antibiotic-resistant bacterial populations ...
Yuyu Yamaguchi +9 more
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Diversity, 2022 Assemblages of adult Odonata were studied in four intermittent karst rivers encompassing macrophyte-rich (MRH) and macrophyte-poor habitats (MPH) in southern Europe, where temporary lotic habitats are the predominant freshwater type but are still ...
Marina Vilenica +6 more
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BMC Ecology, 2006 Background To understand variation in resistance to parasites within host populations, researchers have examined conditions under which immunity is induced and/or is costly.
Forbes Mark R, Robb Tonia
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Global Research in Odonata: Trends and Gaps
Diversity, 2022 Insects of the order Odonata have been used as indicators of environmental quality in different aquatic systems around the world. In this context, we conducted a bibliometric analysis to understand the general patterns of research on Odonata published in
José Max Barbosa Oliveira-Junior +7 more
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