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Dragonflies & damselflies : a natural history /
A lavishly illustrated, comprehensive guide to the natural history of dragonflies and damselflies, covering species from around the world. Dragonflies and damselflies are often called birdwatchers' insects. Large, brightly colored, active in the daytime, and displaying complex and interesting b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Chapter 1. What is a dragonfly?
- Odonate classification and evolution
- Insect body plan
- Odonate size
- Odonate coloration
- Habitats
- Thermoregulation and the daily cycle
- Species profiles. Ancient Greenling
- Beautiful Demoiselle
- Blue Barelegs
- Blue Featherleg
- Common Bluetail
- Vagrant Emperor
- Dragonhunter
- Swift River Cruiser
- Southern Banded Groundling
- Four-spotted Skimmer
- Autumn Darter
- Chapter 2. Capturing prey and avoiding predators
- Superlative flight
- High-quality vision
- Foraging behavior
- Diet and adaptations for predation
- Predators and antipredator adaptations
- Parasites
- Species profiles. Mountain Malachite
- Variable Cora
- Fiery-eyed Dancer
- Citrine Forktail
- Large Red Damsel
- Common Green Darner
- Common Tiger
- Madagascar Cruiser
- Oriental Scarlet
- Scarlet Dwarf
- Black Saddlebags
- Chapter 3. Reproduction
- The mating game
- Mating
- Avoidance of mating
- Oviposition and mating success
- Species profiles. Great Spreadwing
- Green Metalwing
- Black Velvetwing Splendid Longlegs
- Damsel Dragon
- Dark-saddled Darner
- Large Pincertail
- Common Shutwing
- Eastern Pondhawk
- Lucia Widow
- Violet Dropwing
- Chapter 4. The life cycle
- Larval life
- Hatching and growth
- Metamorphosis and emergence
- Seasonality
- Dispersal, migration, and longevity
- Species profiles
- Common Winter Damsel
- Glistening Demoiselle
- Phoenix
- Common Bluet
- Blue-winged Helicopter
- Giant Petaltail
- Common Sanddragon
- Common Baskettail
- Seaside Dragonlet
- Wandering Glider
- Large Woodskimmer
- Chapter 5. Dragonflies and people
- Dragonflies in our culture
- Odonates in research and education
- Threats and conservation
- Species profiles. Desert Shadowdamsel
- Dancing Jewel
- Great Cascade Damsel
- Aurora Bluetail
- Four-spot Midget
- Green Hawker
- Black-tailed Ringtail
- Hine's Emerald
- Broad-bodied Chaser
- Eastern Amberwing
- Amazon Sapphirewing
- Chapter 6. Odonate diversity around the world
- Species diversity
- Phylogeny
- The families of odonates.