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Prey-Foraging Patterns in a Complex Landscape of Fear. [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
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.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Higher gregarine parasitism often in sibling species of host damselflies with smaller geographical distributions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
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
core   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2018
(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
core   +2 more sources

Inter-annual variation in prevalence and intensity of mite parasitism relates to appearance and expression of damselfly resistance

open access: yesBMC 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
doaj   +1 more source

Some additional records to the inventory of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in Andalas University’s Limau Manis campus complex, Padang, West Sumatra

open access: yesJurnal Natural, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

\u3ci\u3eTramea Calverti\u3c/i\u3e (Odonata: Libellulidae): New for Michigan With Notes on Other New Reports for the Great Lakes Region [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
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
core   +2 more sources

An updated list of Odonata of southwestern Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Macromia alleghaniensis (Odonata: Macromiidae): New For Michigan, with Clarifications of Northern Records [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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
core   +2 more sources

Interaction between juvenile narrow-claw crayfish, Astacus leptodactylus (Eschscholtz), and common water frog, Rana esculenta (L.), tadpoles or common blue damselfly, Enallagma cyathigerum (Charpentier), larvae during rearing under controlled conditions

open access: yesArchives 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
doaj   +1 more source

Odonata from Bahia Solano, Colombian Pacific Region [PDF]

open access: yesCheck List, 2020
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
doaj   +3 more sources

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