Lifetime mating success, survivorship and synchronized reproduction in the damselfly ischnura pumilio (odonata: Coenagrionidae)

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-114

  Rivera, Adolfo Cordero ^a   Abad, Jose Angel Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Female colour polymorphism; Ischnura pumilio; Mating success; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001549665     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.1999.9748118     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Anholt, B. R., 1991. Measuring selection on a population of damselflies with a manipulated phenotype. Evolution, 45:1091–1106.
2. Anholt, B. R., 1997. Sexual size dimorphism and sex-specific survival in adults of the damselfly Lestes disjunctus. Ecological Entomology, 22:127–132.
3. Arnason, N. A., Schwarz, C. J., and Boyer, G., 1995. POPAN-4. A data maintenance and analysis system for mark-recapture data. Department of Computer Science, The University of Manitoba, pp 1–261.
4. Askew, R. R., 1988. The dragonflies of Europe. 1–291. Martins (Essex):Harley Books.
5. Banks, M. J., and Thompson, D. J., 1985. Lifetime mating success in the damselfly Coenagrion puella. Animal Behaviour, 33:1175–1183.
6. Cooch, E. G., Pradel, R., and Nur, N., 1996. A practical guide to mark-recapture analysis using SURGE, 2nd edition. 1–125. Montpellier, France:Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionelle et Evolutive-CNRS.
7. Corbet, P. S., Longfield, C., and Moore, N. W., 1985. Dragonflies. 1–260. London:Collins.
8. Cordero, A., 1989. Reproductive behaviour of Ischnura graellsii (Rambur) (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 18:237–244.
9. Cordero, A., 1990. The adaptive significance of the prolonged copulations of the damselfly, Ischnura graellsii (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Animal Behaviour, 40:43–48.
10. Cordero, A., 1994. The effect of sex and age on survivorship of adult damselflies in the laboratory (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 23:1–12.
11. Cordero, A., 1995. Correlates of male mating success in two natural populations of the damselfly Ischnura graellsii (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Ecological Entomology, 20:213–222.
12. Cordero, A., Santolamazza Carbone, S., and Utzeri, C., 1997. Male mating success in a natural population of Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden) (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 26:459–465.
13. Cordero, A., Santolamazza Carbone, S., and Utzeri, C., 1998. Mating opportunities and mating costs are reduced in androchrome female damselflies, Ischnura elegans (Odonata). Animal Behaviour, 55:185–197.
14. Fincke, O. M., 1982. Lifetime mating success in a natural population of the damselfly, Enallagma hageni (Walsh) (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 10:293–302.
15. Fincke, O. M., 1986. Lifetime reproductive success and the opportunity for selection in a nonterritorial damselfly (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Evolution, 40:791–803.
16. Fincke, O. M., 1987. Female monogamy in the damselfly Ischnura verticalis Say (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 16:129–143.
17. Fincke, O. M., 1994. Female colour polymorphism in damselflies:Failure to reject the null hypothesis. Animal Behaviour, 47:1249–1266.
18. Fox, A. D., 1989. Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier) (Odonata:Coenagrionidae)- A wandering opportunist?. Entomologist's Record, 101:25–26.
19. Fox, A. D., and Cham, S. A., 1994. Status, habitat use and conservation of the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier) (Odonata:Coenagrionidae) in Britain and Ireland. Biological Conservation, 68:115–122.
20. Hafernik, J. E.J., and Garrison, R. W., 1986. Mating success and survival rate in a population of damselflies:results at variance with theory? American Naturalist, 128:353–365.
21. Hinnekint, B. O.N., 1987. Population dynamics of Ischnura e. elegans (Vander Linden) (Insecta:Odonata) with special reference to morphological colour changes, female polymorphism, multiannual cycles and their influence on behaviour. Hydrobiologia, 146:3–31.
22. Hinnekint, B. O.N., and Dumont, H. J., 1989. Multiannual cycles in populations of Ischnura e. elegans induced by crowding and mediated by sexual aggression (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Entomologia Generalis, 14:161–166.
23. Jurzitza, G., 1970. Beobachtungen zur Oekologie und Ethologie von Ischnura pumilio (Charp.). Beiträge zur Naturkundlichen Forschung in. Südwestdeutchland, 29:151–153.
24. Krieger, F. I., and Krieger-Loibl, E., 1958. Beiträge zum Verhalten von Ischnura elegans und Ischnura pumilio (Odonata). Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 15:82–93.
25. Langenbach, A., 1993. Time of colour change in female Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier) (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 22:469–477.
26. Lebreton, J. D., Burnham, K. P., Clobert, J., and Anderson, D. R., 1992. Modelling survival and testing biological hypotheses using marked animals:a unified approach with case studies. Ecological Monographs, 62:67–118.
27. Miller, P. L., 1987. An examination of the prolonged copulations of Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden) (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 16:37–56.
28. Robertson, H. M., 1985. Female dimorphism and mating behaviour in a damselfly, Ischnura ramburi:females mimicking males. Animal Behaviour, 33:805–809.
29. Robinson, J. V., and Allgeyer, R., 1996. Covariation in life-history traits, demographics and behaviour in ischnuran damselflies:The evolution of monandry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 58:85–98.
30. Robinson, J. V., and Novak, K. L., 1997. The relationship between mating system and penis morphology in ischnuran damselflies (Odonata:Coenagrionidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 60:187–200.
31. Rowe, R. J., 1978. Ischnura aurora (Brauer), a dragonfly with unusual mating behaviour (Zygoptera:Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica, 7:375–383.
32. Sandhall, A., 1987. Trollsländor i Europa. 1–251. Stockholm:Interpublishing.
33. Seidenbusch, R., 1995. Dichromism in females of Ischnura pumilio (Charpentier), with special reference to homeochromic females. Journal of the British Dragonfly Society, 11:21–22.
34. Waage, J. K., 1984. Sperm competition and the evolution of odonate mating systems. Sperm competition and the evolution of animal mating systems. Edited by:Smith, R. L., 251–290. Academic Press, Orlando
35. Wellinghorst, R., and Meyer, W., 1979. Einige Beobachtungen zur Biologie von Ischnura pumilio (Charp.) und Libellula depressa (L.). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift., 26:271–274.