Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research

By Alex Cordoba-Aguilar and Alex Cordoba-Aguilar

Book 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additional, unpublished, data.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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199567581
• ISBN13: 9780199567584
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.5" x 9.2"