Towards an actualistic view of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte paleoenvironment: A new hypothesis as an Early Cretaceous (Aptian) equatorial and semi-arid wetland

AC Ribeiro, GC Ribeiro, FG Varejão, LD Battirola… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
An alternative hypothesis concerning the paleoecological and paleoenvironmental
depositional conditions of the Crato Konservat-Lagerstätte (CKL), Crato Formation, Aptian …

Temperature response of growth of larval dragonflies–an overview

F Suhling, I Suhling, O Richter - International Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
We review the knowledge about the thermal reaction norms of larval growth in Odonata with
a focus on the temperature response function. We re-analyze literature data and present our …

[HTML][HTML] Functional responses of Odonata larvae to human disturbances in neotropical savanna headwater streams

LFR Silva, DMP Castro, L Juen, M Callisto… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Headwater streams are facing increasing disturbances from human pressures worldwide,
thus better knowledge about bioindicators, particularly aquatic insect responses to various …

Diversity and conservation of European dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata)

VJ Kalkman, JP Boudot, R Bernard, G De Knijf… - Hydrobiologia, 2018 - Springer
Based on a distribution database brought together for the recently published Atlas of the
European dragonflies and damselflies, we describe the patterns of diversity and endemism …

Nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA as a potential problem for phylogenetic and population genetic studies of Odonata

S Ožana, A Dolný, T Pánek - Systematic Entomology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The use of mitochondrial markers for taxonomic identification and biodiversity monitoring is
not without risks or limitations. Most importantly, the natural transfer of DNA from the …

A global population genetic study of Pantala flavescens

D Troast, F Suhling, H Jinguji, G Sahlén, J Ware - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Among terrestrial arthropods, the dragonfly species Pantala flavescens is remarkable due to
their nearly global distribution and extensive migratory ranges; the largest of any known …

Numerical investigation on the aerodynamic efficiency of bio-inspired corrugated and cambered airfoils in ground effect

GR Abdizadeh, M Farokhinejad, S Ghasemloo - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
This research numerically investigates the flapping motion effect on the flow around two
subsonic airfoils near a ground wall. Thus far, the aerodynamic efficiency of the dragonfly …

Niche breadth predicts geographical range size and northern range shift in European dragonfly species (Odonata)

K Olsen, JC Svenning, H Balslev - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
We studied how range sizes and shifts in species ranges depend on niche breadth in
European dragonflies. We measured range sizes and shifts over a 22-year period (1988 …

Enhanced Bioaccumulation and Transfer of Monomethylmercury through Periphytic Biofilms in Benthic Food Webs of a River Affected by Run-of-River Dams

M Leclerc, DE Ponton, F Bilodeau… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Run-of-river (ROR) power plants impound limited terrestrial areas compared to traditional
hydropower plants with large reservoirs and are assumed to have reduced impacts on …

Patterns of co‐occurrence and body size in dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) in preserved and altered Amazonian streams

JMB Oliveira‐Junior, MA Teodosio… - Austral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific interactions, such as competition, are among the key factors that determine the
distribution, abundance and diversity of organisms in natural communities of aquatic …