An Assessment of Marking Techniques for Odonates in the Family Calopterygidae
UCLA UCLA Previously Published Works Title An assessment of marking techniques for odonates in the family Calopterygidae Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1m5071bs Journal Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 141(3) ISSN 00138703 Authors Anderson, Christopher N Cordoba-Aguilar, Alex Drury, Jonathan P et al. Publication Date 2011-12-01 DOI 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01185.x Peer reviewed eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01185.x TECHNICAL NOTE An assessment of marking techniques for odonates in the family Calopterygidae Christopher N. Anderson1*, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar1,JonathanP.Drury2 & Gregory F.Grether2 1Departamento de Ecologı´a Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologı´a, Universidad Nacional Auto´noma de Me´xico, Circuito Exterior s ⁄ n, Apdo. Postal 70-275, Me´xico, D.F. 04510, Mexico, and 2Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 621 Charles E. Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA Accepted: 13 September 2011 Key words: Odonata, paint and ink marking, mark-capture, Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis, Hetaerina titia,damselfly tion. These manipulations significantly influenced mating Introduction success (Grether, 1996a,b), foraging success (Grether & Marking effects (e.g., changes to behavior, survival, or Grey, 1996), survival (Grether, 1997), and territorial reproduction after manipulation) are likely to be com- aggression against conspecifics and, in some instances, mon, as researchers have found effects in a variety of taxa, against heterospecifics (Anderson & Grether, 2010, 2011). including mammals (Moorhouse & Macdonald, 2005), Therefore, using wing marking to identify individuals may birds (Burley et al., 1982; Hunt et al., 1997; Gauthier-Clerc be problematic for investigations of reproductive, territo- et al., 2004), and amphibians (McCarthy & Parris, 2004).
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