Ecological IndicatorsDamselfly larvae have been widely used to evaluate the environmental quality of freshwater ecosystems. However, there have been limited studies on the pollution characteristics of organophosphate esters (OPEs) in damselfly larvae. This study investigated
Yangyang Liu, Jianzhong Xu, Chao Wei
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Retrospection of Research on Dragonfly and Damselfly (Odonata) During Past Fifty Years: A Bibliometric Review [PDF]
InsectsDragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) play important roles in ecology and are used as model organisms in evolutionary studies, but a comprehensive overview of Odonata research has been lacking.
Gang-Qiang Fan +2 more
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Similar Survival Rates of Territorial and Sneaker Males in a Polymorphic Damselfly: A Multi‐Year Study [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMale alternative reproductive tactics (ARTs) have been documented across diverse taxa and typically involve a male morph that defends resources to attract females and an alternate morph that exploits this behavior to obtain matings by stealth ...
Yoshitaka Tsubaki +4 more
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Predatory Potential of Nymphal Odonates on Aedes aegypti Developing in Freshwater and Brackish Water Habitats [PDF]
InsectsAedes aegypti, the primary vector of dengue, undergoes preimaginal development in brackish water (BW). However, dengue vector control exclusively targets freshwater (FW) habitats.
Sivasingham Arthiyan +3 more
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Levels and Spatial Patterns of Effective Population Sizes in the Southern Damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale): On the Need to Carefully Interpret Single‐Point and Temporal Estimations to Set Conservation Guidelines [PDF]
Evolutionary ApplicationsThe effective population size (Ne) is a key parameter in conservation and evolutionary biology, reflecting the strength of genetic drift and inbreeding.
Agathe Lévêque +6 more
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A Comparison of Wing Shape and Size in Andromorph and Gynomorph Females with Males of Calopteryx Intermedia Using Geometric Morphometrics [PDF]
تاکسونومی و بیوسیستماتیک, 2021 Female polymorphism is visible in some populations of Odonata species for unknown reasons. In general, one of the female forms which is more or less similar to males is called andromorph. Andromorph females show similar color patterns and sometimes, even
Fatemeh Dorsetan +2 more
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New records of the Critically Endangered Leptagrion acutum Santos, 1961 (Odonata, Coenagrionidae) from southern Bahia, Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2021 Leptagrion acutum Santos, 1961 is endemic to Brazil and, since 2003, listed as Critically Endangered in the Red Book of Threatened Brazilian Fauna. In this study, L.
Cintia Santos +2 more
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Factors Influencing the Distribution of Endemic Damselflies in Vanuatu
Insects, 2021 Vanuatubasis Ober and Staniczek is a genus of damselfly endemic to Vanuatu. Little is known about the distribution and general natural history of the genus.
Natalie A. Saxton +5 more
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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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Diversity, 2022 Despite the great technological progress that has aided taxonomical identification, taxonomical issues remain for certain species found in remote and/or understudied geographical areas. The damselfly species Ischnura aurora has been the subject of a long-
M. Olalla Lorenzo-Carballa +2 more
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