Odonata: Who they are and what they have done for us lately: Classification and ecosystem services of dragonflies

ML May - Insects, 2019 - mdpi.com
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 …

Invasive species drive cross-ecosystem effects worldwide

T Peller, F Altermatt - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Invasive species are pervasive around the world and have profound impacts on the
ecosystem they invade. Invasive species, however, can also have impacts beyond the …

Local contagion and regional compression: habitat selection drives spatially explicit, multiscale dynamics of colonisation in experimental metacommunities

WJ Resetarits Jr, A Silberbush - Ecology letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat selection, including oviposition site choice, is an important driver of community
assembly in freshwater systems. Factors determining patch quality are assessed by many …

Nuanced impacts of the invasive aquatic plant Crassula helmsii on Northwest European freshwater macroinvertebrate assemblages

SJL Tasker, A Foggo, K Scheers, J van der Loop… - Science of the total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species are considered one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity, and
are particularly problematic in aquatic systems. Given the foundational role of macrophytes …

Contributions of Perennial Pepperweed (Lepidium latifolium) Invasion to Rarity of the Endangered Suisun Thistle (Cirsium hydrophilum var. hydrophilum)

RS Schneider, MV Buchbinder, KE Boyer - Estuaries and Coasts, 2024 - Springer
Invasive species exert disproportionate impacts in wetlands and pose particular challenges
for rare species persisting at small spatial scales. In the urbanized San Francisco Estuary …

Effects of riparian invasive nonindigenous plants on freshwater quantity and ecological functioning in mesic temperate landscapes

DJ Robertson, M Coll - Natural Areas Journal, 2019 - BioOne
As invasive nonindigenous plants colonize streamside ecosystems, they can transform
ecological functioning by replacing native species, altering interspecific interactions, and …

Invasive European bird cherry (Prunus padus) reduces terrestrial prey subsidies to urban Alaskan salmon streams

DA Roon, MS Wipfli, TL Wurtz… - Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
The spread of invasive species in riparian forests has the potential to affect both terrestrial
and aquatic organisms linked through cross-ecosystem resource subsidies. However, this …

Species responses of colonising beetles to variation in patch quality, number, and context in experimental aquatic landscapes

WJ Resetarits Jr, CA Binckley - Ecological Entomology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Increased diversity with increasing habitat area is a well‐established ecological pattern.
However, habitat selection theory suggests that patch quality rivals area in determining rates …

[PDF][PDF] Odonata fauna in adjoining coastal areas of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India

A Payra, AD Tiple - Munis Entomology & Zoology, 2019 - indiabiodiversity.org
The Present study was carried out to reveal the odonate diversity in adjoining coastal areas
of Purba Medinipur District, West Bengal, India. Study was carried out from January 2014 to …

[PDF][PDF] Odonata trophic ecology

A Sentis, K Kaunisto, L Chari, A Morrill… - … . Model Organisms for …, 2022 - researchgate.net
Trophic interactions are at the core of several key ecological processes and theories as they
determine the flow of material and energy within and across communities and habitats …