Most insects have a complex life cycle with ecologically different larval and adult stages. We present an ontogenetic perspective to analyze and summarize the complex life cycle of Odonata within an evolutionary ecology framework. Morphological, physiological, and behavioral pathways that generate carry-over effects across the aquatic egg and larval stages and the terrestrial adult stage are identified. We also highlight several mechanisms that can decouple life stages including compensatory mechanisms at the larval and adult stages, stressful and stochastic events during metamorphosis, and stressful environmental conditions at the adult stage that may overrule effects of environmental conditions in the preceding stage. We consider the impl...
Odonates have aquatic larval stages and terrestrial adults. The extreme change in habitat occupatio...
Life history strategies are important for all organisms and are studied in large part to understand ...
Voltinism is an important life history trait that varies with the environment. In temperate zones, i...
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate evolutionary...
The Odonata is a charismatic insect order remarked for their flight ability. They are a useful model...
Social interactions within species present an under-appreciated complicating factor in freshwater ec...
The Odonata Order has a wide geographical distribution. The life cycle is complex, with stage of aqu...
Climate change brings with it unprecedented rates of increase in environmental temperature, which wi...
Odonata are biodiversity indicators that adequately represent many aquatic and semi-aquatic animal s...
Understanding the risk of local extinction of a species is vital in conservation biology, especially...
<p>Climate change brings with it unprecedented rates of increase in environmental temperature, which...
Several factors act on community structure determining species composition and abundance patterns. C...
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are well-known but often poorly understood insects. Their phyl...
The order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) is among the most ancestral groups of winged insects...
<div><p>Mass migrations by Odonata, although less studied than those of Monarch butterflies and plag...
Odonates have aquatic larval stages and terrestrial adults. The extreme change in habitat occupatio...
Life history strategies are important for all organisms and are studied in large part to understand ...
Voltinism is an important life history trait that varies with the environment. In temperate zones, i...
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) present an unparalleled insect model to integrate evolutionary...
The Odonata is a charismatic insect order remarked for their flight ability. They are a useful model...
Social interactions within species present an under-appreciated complicating factor in freshwater ec...
The Odonata Order has a wide geographical distribution. The life cycle is complex, with stage of aqu...
Climate change brings with it unprecedented rates of increase in environmental temperature, which wi...
Odonata are biodiversity indicators that adequately represent many aquatic and semi-aquatic animal s...
Understanding the risk of local extinction of a species is vital in conservation biology, especially...
<p>Climate change brings with it unprecedented rates of increase in environmental temperature, which...
Several factors act on community structure determining species composition and abundance patterns. C...
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) are well-known but often poorly understood insects. Their phyl...
The order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) is among the most ancestral groups of winged insects...
<div><p>Mass migrations by Odonata, although less studied than those of Monarch butterflies and plag...
Odonates have aquatic larval stages and terrestrial adults. The extreme change in habitat occupatio...
Life history strategies are important for all organisms and are studied in large part to understand ...
Voltinism is an important life history trait that varies with the environment. In temperate zones, i...