Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics

S Bybee, A Córdoba-Aguilar, MC Duryea… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - Springer
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate
evolutionary genomics with ecology for the study of insect evolution. Key features of …

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 …

Environmental drivers of voltinism and body size in insect assemblages across Europe

D Zeuss, S Brunzel, R Brandl - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim General geographical patterns of insect body size are still a matter of considerable
debate, mainly because the annual number of generations (voltinism) and its relationship …

Gene flow limits adaptation along steep environmental gradients

JC Bachmann, A Jansen van Rensburg… - The American …, 2020 - journals.uchicago.edu
When environmental variation is spatially continuous, dispersing individuals move among
nearby sites with similar habitat conditions. But as an environmental gradient becomes …

Invertebrate communities of alpine ponds

SA Wissinger, B Oertli, V Rosset - Invertebrates in freshwater wetlands: an …, 2016 - Springer
Alpine ponds are small standing water bodies situated in mountainous regions at or above
tree line. Hydrology is driven by snow and ice with harsh conditions comparable to that in …

The multidimensional consequences of the juvenile environment: towards an integrative view of the adult phenotype

MM Kasumovic - Animal Behaviour, 2013 - Elsevier
Early juvenile environments influence trait expression in complex and often nonintuitive
ways. Although the breadth of these effects is well recognized, researchers generally focus …

A cross‐seasonal perspective on local adaptation: metabolic plasticity mediates responses to winter in a thermal‐generalist moth

CM Williams, WD Chick, BJ Sinclair - Functional Ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The physiological and ecological impact of the thermal environment across life stages can
result in trade‐offs that determine fitness and population dynamics. Understanding …

Growth, winter preparations and timing of emergence in temperate zone Odonata: control by a succession of larval response patterns

U Norling - International Journal of Odonatology, 2021 - diva-portal.org
As warm-adapted insects of tropical origin, Odonata cope with cold periods by seasonal
regulation and diapause. A model for larval-overwintering species is proposed with three …

The effect of temperature and invasive alien predator on genetic and phenotypic variation in the damselfly Ischnura elegans: cross-latitude comparison

G Wos, G Palomar, M Marszałek, W Babik… - Frontiers in Zoology, 2023 - Springer
Background Understanding and predicting how organisms respond to human-caused
environmental changes has become a major concern in conservation biology. Here, we …

Warming and predation risk only weakly shape size-mediated priority effects in a cannibalistic damselfly

M Raczyński, R Stoks, S Sniegula - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Differences in hatching dates can shape intraspecific interactions through size-mediated
priority effects (SMPE), a phenomenon where bigger, early hatched individuals gain …