A Review of the Density, Biomass, and Secondary Production of Odonates [PDF]
InsectsFreshwater insects are highly significant as ecosystem service providers, contributing to provisioning services, supporting services, and cultural services.
Anais Rivas-Torres +1 more
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Drivers of Insect Community Change along the Margins of Mountain Streams in Serra da Estrela Natural Park (Portugal) [PDF]
Insects, 2023 Mountain ecosystems are important biodiversity hotspots and valuable natural laboratories to study community assembly processes. Here, we analyze the diversity patterns of butterflies and odonates in a mountainous area of high conservation value—Serra da
Ana Ceia-Hasse +8 more
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Global species richness of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata): latitudinal trends and insular colonization [PDF]
PeerJOdonates are mainly “sun lover” insects, and therefore reach maximum diversity in tropical regions, particularly in rainforests. Here, worldwide patterns of species richness of the order are analysed, by compiling a database of species numbers for 255 ...
Adolfo Cordero-Rivera
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Modeling the extinction risk of European butterflies and odonates [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Insect populations have become increasingly threatened during the last decades due to climate change and landuse intensification. Species characteristics driving these threats remain poorly understood.
Sophia Franke +3 more
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Predatory Luring Behavior of Odonates [PDF]
Journal of Insect Science, 2014 Organisms in the order Odonata are highly predatory insects that have a wide distribution globally. To date, there has been zero evidence that odonates employ luring as a means of prey acquisition. However, in this study, we show that Aeshna palmata larvae use abdominal movements to lure larval Argia vivida, subsequently consuming the lured organism ...
Edgehouse, Michael +1 more
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Data gap or biodiversity gap? Evaluating apparent spatial biases in community science observations of Odonata in the east-central United States [PDF]
PeerJOdonates (dragonflies and damselflies) have become popular study organisms for insect-based climate studies, due to the taxon’s strong sensitivity to environmental conditions, and an enthusiastic following by community scientists due to their charismatic
Christian M. Bullion, Christie A. Bahlai
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Urban Areas Create Refugia for Odonates in a Semi-Arid Region
Insects, 2021 In western Texas, most wetlands are fed from precipitation runoff, making them sensitive to drought regimes, anthropogenic land-use activities in their surrounding watersheds, and the interactive effect between these two factors.
Nancy McIntyre
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Climate change effects on tropical odonate community [PDF]
The Holistic Approach to Environment, 2023 Climate change, such as increased rainfall variability, has affected Yavatmal district in the last decade. Uncertainty of rainfall affects the inter-annual vegetation growth, and thus biodiversity.
Anil Sarsavan +2 more
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Dragonfly Conservation in the Increasingly Stressed African Mediterranean-Type Ecosystems
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021 Freshwater habitats worldwide are experiencing many threats from environmental and anthropogenic sources, affecting biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. In Africa, particularly in Mediterranean climate zones, rapid human population growth is predicted
Rassim Khelifa +7 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Understanding habitat requirements of species of conservation concern is central for their conservation and management. Although much of the research attention has been focused on reproductive sites, the understanding of roosting behavior and ...
Hayat Mahdjoub +7 more
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