The Effects of Habitat Deterioration and Social Status on Patrolling Behavior in the Territorial DamselflyCalopteryx splendens
| Autor: | Jorge Contreras-Garduño, Paulina A. Gołąb, Maria J. Golab, Tadeusz Zając, Szymon Sniegula |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine Ecology biology Range (biology) Patrolling Vegetation Territoriality biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Social relation 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Geography Damselfly Habitat Potamogeton natans Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Polish Journal of Ecology. 65:122-131 |
| ISSN: | 2450-1395 1505-2249 |
| DOI: | 10.3161/15052249pje2017.65.1.011 |
| Popis: | Patrolling behavior plays an important role in resource defense and in shaping social interactions in territorial species. However, it is not clear whether and how resource deterioration affects patrolling and interactions between territorial males. We addressed this issue by studying the territorial patrolling of damselfly Calopteryx splendens males, which use riverine vegetation patches composed of floating rafts of Potamogeton natans as territories. Males can hold single territories established on one vegetation patch (solitary residents) or hold adjacent territories established on shared vegetation patch (contiguous residents). The study predicted that solitary males engage more in patrolling than contiguous residents and that patrolling intensity is proportional to patch quality. Two types of semi-natural vegetation patches were sunk: of high and low quality measured on the basis of the patch size (range 2–5 m2) and its attractiveness to damselflies (measured as number of residents, non-terr... |
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