Prey-Foraging Patterns in a Complex Landscape of Fear. [PDF]
Prey antipredator defenses may weaken when a predator is cannibalistic or stressed, but it remains unclear which predator prey systems show this effect and how strongly it shapes trophic cascades. In our aquatic food chain (higher order predator, mesopredator, and mesopredator's prey), we found no defense suppression in mesopredators exposed to ...
Sysiak M, Pietrzak B, Mikulski A.
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Higher gregarine parasitism often in sibling species of host damselflies with smaller geographical distributions [PDF]
1. This study investigated inter-specific variation in parasitism by gregarines (Eugregarinorida: Actinocephalidae), among sibling species of damselflies (Odonata: Zygoptera), in relation to relative size of geographical ranges of host species.
Forbes, MR, Hassall, C, Mlynarek, JJ
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East. Dennis Paulson. 2011. Princeton University Press, 576 pp. , 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, 675 color photos. 350 line illus. 333 maps. ISBN: 9780691122830. (paperback) $29.95. [PDF]
(excerpt) For many years, Odonatologists “toiled” in relative obscurity. Oh, we knew that dragonflies and damselflies were really fascinating, but with few books other than Needham and Westfall and the 3 volumes of Odonata of Canada and Alaska, it ...
O\u27Brien, Mark F
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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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Since the publication of inventory list for dragonflies and damselflies within the boundary of Andalas University’s Limau Manis Campus Complex, Padang, on 2018, the survey efforts have been continuously conducted.
MUHAMMAD NAZRI JANRA, HENRY HERWINA
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\u3ci\u3eTramea Calverti\u3c/i\u3e (Odonata: Libellulidae): New for Michigan With Notes on Other New Reports for the Great Lakes Region [PDF]
Beginning in late summer 2010, the Neotropical dragonfly Tramea calverti Muttkowski, striped saddlebags, was observed in a major northward movement in eastern North America. This species appeared for the first time in three Great Lakes states and Canada (
Craves, Julie A, O\u27Brien, Darrin
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An updated list of Odonata of southwestern Bangladesh
An odonate survey was conducted throughout the southwestern region of Bangladesh, concentrating on eight districts and the Sundarban, from August 2014 to August 2016.
M. Sajjad Hossain Tuhin, M. Kawsar Khan
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Macromia alleghaniensis (Odonata: Macromiidae): New For Michigan, with Clarifications of Northern Records [PDF]
An Alleghany River Cruiser, Macromia alleghaniensis Williamson (Odonata: Macromiidae), collected in Cass County, Michigan on 18 June 2014, represents the first record of the species for the state, as well as the northernmost unequivocal record in North ...
Craves, Julie A, O’Brien, Darrin S
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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 from Bahia Solano, Colombian Pacific Region [PDF]
We present a checklist of Odonata species from Bahia Solano Municipality in the Pacific Region of Colombia. Sampling effort included 715 h between December 2018 and January 2020. We recorded 51 species in 27 genera and seven families.
Fredy Palacino-Rodríguez +2 more
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