Dynamics of animal movement in an ecological context: dragonfly wing damage reduces flight performance and predation success

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-429

  Combes, S A ^a   Crall, J D ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dragonflies; Insect flight; Predation; Wing damage

Indexed keywords

DRAGONFLY; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION; WING;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954091644     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0915     Document Type: Article

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