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Predator-driven trait diversification in a dragonfly genus: covariation in behavioral and morphological antipredator defense.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Nov 2010
Mikolajewski Dirk J, De Block Marjan, Rolff Jens, Johansson Frank, Beckerman Andrew P, Stoks Robby
Abstract excerpt
Proof for predation as an agent shaping evolutionary trait diversification is accumulating, however, our understanding how multiple antipredator traits covary due to phenotypic differentiation is still scarce. Species of the dragonfly genus Leucorrhinia underwent shifts from lakes with fish as top predators to fishless lakes with large dragonfly predators. This move to fishless lakes was accompanied by a partial...
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