Overview

Dragonflies and Damselflies documents the latest advances in odonate biology and relates these to a broader ecological and evolutionary research agenda. Despite being one of the smallest insect orders, dragonflies offer a number of advantages for both laboratory and field studies. In fact, they have been crucial to the advancement of our understanding of insect ecology and evolution. This book provides a critical summary of the major advances in these fields. Contributions from many of the leading researchers in dragonfly biology offer new perspectives and paradigms as well as additional, unpublished, data. The editor has carefully assembled a mix of theoretical and applied chapters (including those addressing conservation and monitoring) and achieves a balance of emerging and established research topics, providing suggestions for future study in each case.This accessible text is not about dragonflies per se but an essential source of knowledge that describes how different sets of evolutionary and ecological principles/ideas have been tested on a particular taxon. It will therefore be suitable for graduate students and researchers in entomology, evolutionary biology, population and behavioural ecology, and conservation biology. It will of course be of particular interest and use to those working on insects and an indispensable reference text for odonate biologists.

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Author:   Alex Córdoba-Aguilar (Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.40cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.825kg
ISBN:  

9780199230693

ISBN 10:   0199230692
Pages:   304
Publication Date:   28 August 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Phillip Corbet: Foreward 1: Alex Córdoba-Aguilar: Introduction Studies in Ecology 2: Adolfo Cordero-Rivera & Robby Stoks: Mark-recapture studies and demography 3: Patrick W. Crumrine, Paul V. Switzer & Philip H. Crowley: Structure and dynamics of odonate communities: accessing habitat, responding to risk, and enabling reproduction 4: Robby Stoks, Frank Johansson & Marjan De Block: Life history plasticity under time stress in damselfly larvae 5: Mark A. McPeek: Ecological factors limiting the distributions and abundances of Odonata 6: Michael L. May & John H. Matthews: Migration in Odonata: A case study of Anax junius 7: Beat Oertli: Dragonflies in the assessment and the monitoring of aquatic habitats 8: Michael J. Samways: Dragonflies as focal organisms in contemporary conservation biology 9: John P. Simaika and Michael J. Samways: Valuing dragonflies as service providers Studies in Evolution 10: Frank Johansson & Dirk Johannes Mikolajewski: Evolution of morphological defences 11: Katja Tynkkynen, Janne S. Kotiaho & Erik I. Svensson: Interspecific interactions and premating reproductive isolation 12: Walter D. Koenig: Lifetime reproductive success and sexual selection theory 13: Brad R. Anholt: Fitness landscapes, mortality schedules, and mating systems 14: Mark R. Forbes & Tonia Robb: Testing hypotheses about parasite-mediated selection using odonate hosts 15: Alex Córdoba-Aguila & Adolfo Cordero-Rivera: Cryptic female choice and sexual conflict 16: Jukka Suhonen, Markus J. Rantala & Johanna Honkavaara: Territoriality in Odonates 17: Hans Van Gossum, Tom Sherratt & Adolfo Cordero: The evolution of sex-limited colour polymorphisms 18: M. Alejandro Serrano-Meneses, Alex Córdoba-Aguila & Tamas Szekely: Sexual size dimorphism: patterns and processes 19: James H. Marden: Dragonfly flight performance: a model system for biomechanics, physiological genetics, and animal competitive behavior 20: R.J. Wootton & David J. S. Newman: Evolution, diversification and mechanics of dragonfly wings Appendices

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The information presented in this book provides a fascinating insight into the ecology of Odonata...This book provides...a wealth of interesting information about the behaviour of these fascinating insects...This is a fascinating and authoritative book * Stephen J. Brooks TREE *

The information presented in this book provides a fascinating insight into the ecology of Odonata...This book provides...a wealth of interesting information about the behaviour of these fascinating insects...This is a fascinating and authoritative book Stephen J. Brooks TREE

Author Information

Alex Córdoba-Aguilar received his PhD from Sheffield University (UK) in 1999 and since 2003 has been working as a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. He and his students have studied the ecology and evolution of several insect species using mainly dragonflies as study subjects. Alex's major scientific interests are sexual selection, genital evolution and insect immunity.

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