Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

by Alex Cordoba-Aguilar (Editor), Christopher Beatty (Editor), Jason Bried (Editor)

Overview

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 smallest insect orders, dragonflies offer a number of advantages for both laboratory and field studies. In fact, they continue to make a crucial contribution to the advancement of our broader understanding of insect ecology and evolution. This new edition provides a critical summary of the major advances in these fields.

The editors have carefully assembled a fresh set of contributions from a diverse geographic mix of both junior and senior researchers in dragonfly biology to offer new perspectives and paradigms as well as additional, unpublished data. These include theoretical and applied chapters (including those addressing conservation and monitoring) as well as a balance of emerging (e.g. molecular evolution) and established research topics, providing suggestions for future study in each case. This accessible text is not about dragonflies per se but is an essential source of knowledge that describes how different sets of evolutionary and ecological principles and ideas have been tested on a particular taxon.

Dragonflies and Damselflies is suitable for graduate students and researchers in entomology, evolutionary biology, population and behavioural ecology, community ecology, and conservation biology. It will be of particular interest and use to those working on insects and an indispensable reference text for odonate biologists.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780192898623
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/15/2023
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	496
Product dimensions:	9.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 1.70(d)

About the Author

ALEX CÓRDOBA-AGUILAR is a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. His research interests lie in insect ecology and conservation and disease vector control. He is the author on over 150 refereed publications and co-editor of two books, The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals (OUP 2010) and Insect Behavior: from Mechanisms to Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences (OUP 2018).

CHRISTOPHER D. BEATTY is a visiting Scholar in the Program for Conservation Genomics at Stanford University. His research interests are in evolutionary ecology, behavior, biogeography, and biodiversity. He has worked on the evolution of warning coloration, mimicry, territoriality, and species diversification, predominantly in odonates. He serves on the International Journal of Odonatology editorial board and holds a special interest in the petaltail dragonflies (family Petaluridae) and the damselfly genera Nesobasis and Polythore.

JASON T. BRIED is a research scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey, part of the Prairie Research Institute, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His research interests are in community ecology, applied ecology, and conservation science, largely centred on odonates. He serves on the editorial boards of Insect Conservation and Diversity and the International Journal of Odonatology, he helps verify identifications on the Odonata Central citizen-science platform, and is currently hunting for odonates at groundwater seeps and springs.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Mark McPeekChapter 1 IntroductionAlex Córdoba-Aguilar, Christopher Beatty, & Jason BriedSECTION 1: GENOMICS Edited by Alex Córdoba-AguilarChapter 2 Genomic insights into micro-and macro-evolutionary processes in OdonataMaren Wellenreuther, Rachael Y. Dudaniec and Lesley T. LancasterChapter 3 Transcriptomic insights into Odonata ecology and evolutionSeth M. Bybee, Ryo Futahashi, Camilla Sharkey, Sabrina Simon, Anton Suvorov, Maren WellenreutherSECTION 2: ORGANISMAL STUDIES Edited by Alex Córdoba-AguilarChapter 4 Functional Morphology in OdonataSebastian BüsseChapter 5 The biomechanics of Odonata flight: structure, motion and functionRichard J. Bomphrey1 and Simon M. Walker2Chapter 6 Odonata immunity, pathogens, and parasitesAdam Z. Hasik, Jaakko J. Ilvonen, Adam M. Siepielski, and Rosalind L. MurrayChapter 7 Odonata perception is more than visionManuela Rebora, Gianandrea Salerno, Silvana PiersantiChapter 8 Thermoregulation in OdonataUlises Castillo-Pérez, Michael L. May and Alex Córdoba-AguilarSECTION 3: POPULATION ECOLOGY Edited by Christopher BeattyChapter 9: Genetic structure, cryptic species and hybridization: causes and evolutionary consequences in OdonataRosa Ana Sánchez-Guillén, Yesenia M. Vega-Sánchez, Melissa Sánchez-HerreraChapter10 Odonata survival: insights from mark-recapture experimentsIago Sanmartín-Villar & Adolfo Cordero-RiveraChapter 11 - Migration in AnisopteraMichael L. May, John Matthews,Chapter 12 Dispersal and metapopulation ecology in OdonataShannon J. McCauley, Celina B. Baines, Karen E. MabryChapter 13: Biogeographical Ecology in OdonataChristopher D. Beatty, Fernanda Alves-Martins, Brenda D. Smith, Julie VerheyenSECTION 4: COMMUNITY ECOLOGY Edited by Jason T. BriedChapter 14. Evolutionary community ecology of OdonataAdam M. Siepielski, Miguel Gómez-Llano, Adam Z. HasikChapter 15. Ecological differentiation, interference, and coexistence in OdonataGregory F. Grether, Adam M. Siepielski, Miguel Gómez-LlanoChapter 16 Odonata trophic ecology: from hunting behaviour to cross-ecosystem impactsArnaud Sentis, Kari Kaunisto, Lenin Chari, André Morrill, Olga Popova, Justin Pomeranz, David Boukal, Nedim Tüzün, Robby StoksChapter 17 Metacommunity concepts, approaches, and directions with OdonataJason T. Bried, Fernanda Alves-Martins, Leandro S. Brasil, and Shannon J. McCauleyChapter 18 Odonata assemblages in human-modified landscapesBrenda D. Smith, Giovanna Villalobos-Jiménez, Mary Ann C. Perron, Göran Sahlén, Giacomo Assandri, Marina Vilenica, Lenize Batista Calvão, Leandro Juen, Francesco Cerini, and Jason T. BriedSECTION 5: Diversity, Systematics, and Bioinformatics Edited by Christopher BeattyChapter 19. Species identification and descriptionÂngelo Parise Pinto, Cornelio Andrés Bota-Sierra and Milen MarinovChapter 20 The Odonatoptera: a clade that contains 99% of Odonata fossil diversityAndré Nel and Bertrand PineyChapter 21 Odonata SystematicsManpreet K. Kohli and Jessica L. WareChapter 22. Phylogeography: a spatiotemporal perspective on Odonata distributionsMelissa Sanchez-Herrera, Yesenia M. Vega-Sánchez, Christopher Beatty, Manpreet KohliChapter 23 Odonata Collections and DatabasesJohn C. Abbott, Emily L. SandallSECTION 6: APPLIED ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION Edited by Jason T. BriedChapter 24. Linking traits to extinction risk in OdonataMaya Rocha-Ortega, Rassim Khelifa, Emily L. Sandall, Charl Deacon, Xavier Sánchez-Rivero, Stefan Pinkert, Michael A. PattenChapter 25. Odonata as surrogates of biodiversityGabriella J. Kietzka, Charl Deacon, Michael A. PattenChapter 26 Odonata as indicators of pollution, habitat quality, and landscape disturbanceHana Šigutová, Aleš Dolný, Michael J. Samways, Sönke Hardersen, José Max Oliveira-Junior, Leandro Juen, Khuong Van Dinh, Jason T. BriedChapter 27. Odonata as focal taxa for biological responses to climate changeStefan Pinkert, Viola Clausnitzer, Daniel Acquah-Lamptey, Paulo De Marco, Frank JohanssonChapter 28. Odonata as focal taxa for ecological restorationFilip Harabiš, John P. Simaika, Aleš Dolný, Sarah H. Luke, Merja Elo, Jason T. Bried, Michael J. SamwaysChapter 29: Bridging people and nature through OdonataAmanda Dillon, John Simaika, Viola Clausnitzer, Ami Thompson, Erin White, Jenilee Montes-Fontalvo, Christine Goforth, Rassim Khelifa