Adaptation to predators in a new community: swimming performance and predator avoidance in damselflies. From: Ecology | Date: March 1, 1996| Author: McPeek, Mark A.; Schrot, Ann K.; Brown, Jonathan M. | COPYRIGHT 1996 Ecological Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Species evolve in response to the abiotic and biotic interactions they experience in a community, and so studying the adaptation of species in a community context is a necessary component for understanding the development of community structure. Previous studies have suggested that Enallagma damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) invaded aquatic habitats with large dragonflies as the top predators at least twice, and large changes in morphological structures (e.g., caudal lamellae and abdomen)...