Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate
evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of …

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are well-known but often poorly understood insects.
Their phylogeny and classification have proved difficult to understand but, through use of …

Dragonflies and damselflies are a charismatic, medium-sized insect order (~ 6300 species)
with a unique potential to approach comparative research questions. Their taxonomy and …

This research level text documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these
to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being one of the …

Dragonflies and damselflies are among the earliest flying insects with extant
representatives. However, unraveling details of their long evolutionary history, such as egg …

This chapter introduces the insect order Odonata. It provides the most recent phylogeny and
up-to-date systematics as well as genera and species numbers of the various families in the …

Many ecological processes contribute to regulating the distributions and abundances of
odonate species. In local populations, mortality imposed by predators (including …

Odonata, or dragonflies, constitute a small, well known, widely distributed order of insects.
The 5000 or so species belong to three suborders (all referred to here as dragonflies): the …

Although Europe is the cradle of dragonfly systematics and despite great progress in the last
2 decades, many issues in naming its species and understanding their evolutionary history …

Fresh water ecosystems worldwide are highly threatened, with the biodiversity crisis in these
systems being exceptionally severe. Dragonflies are among the most significant organisms …