Forest And Dragonflies: 4th Wda Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra, Spain, July 2005 (Faunistica) (Pensoft Series Faunistica)

Subtitle on cover: 4th WDA International Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra (Spain), July 2005. Introduction : Dragonflies as forest-dependent animals / Adolfo Cordero Rivera Forests as habitats for dragonflies (Odonata) / P.S. Corbet Allochthonous organic matter as a food resource for aquatic invertebrates in forested streams / M. Graça Odonata in Bornean tropical rain forest formations : diversity, endemicity and implications for conservation management / A.G. Orr The importance of forests to neotropical dragonflies / D. Paulson Use of forest and tree species, and dispersal by giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae) : future prospects in fragmented forests / O.M. Fincke Thoughts from Africa : how can forest influence species composition, diversity and speciation in tropical Odonata? / K.-D. Dijkstra & V. Clausnitzer Specialists vs. generalists among dragonflies - the importance of forest environments in the formation of diverse species pools / G. Sahlén Dragonfly habitat maps based on landcover and habitat relation models / Y. Tsubaki & N. Tsuji Threat levels to odonate assemblages from invasive alien tree canopies / M. Samways Movement behaviours of a forest odonate in two heterogeneous landscapes / Ph. Taylor The structure of the Coenagrion mercuriale populations in the New Forest, southern England / D.J. Thompson & Ph. C. Watts Mate location and competition for mates in relation to sunflecks of forest floors / M. Watanabe Differences in immune ability in forest habitats of varying quality : dragonflies as study models / A. Córdoba-Aguilar & J. Contreras-Garduño The present role and future promise of conservation genetics for forest odonates / H. Hadrys. Over the world, forests provide diverse habitats for a range of organisms, including dragonflies and other animals, that at a first sight seem not to depend on forests. For instance, Macromia splendens, one of Europe's most endangered dragonflies (cover), uses forest roads as hunting places, and larvae are sometimes found amongst tree roots. As the authors of this book show, dragonflies are highly dependent on forest cover and composition, and this is true from the boreal forests to the tropics. The aim of this book is therefore to explore the ways in which forests affect dragonfly life, and to show that forests are much more than places where timber is produced