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Odonatological Abstract Service Odonatological Abstract Service published by the INTERNATIONAL DRAGONFLY FUND (IDF) in cooperation with the WORLDWIDE DRAGONFLY ASSOCIATION (WDA) Editors: Dr. Martin Lindeboom, Landhausstr. 10, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany. Tel. ++49 (0)7071 552928; E-mail: [email protected] Dr. Klaus Reinhardt, Dept Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. Tel. ++44 114 222 0105; E-mail: [email protected] Martin Schorr, Schulstr. 7B D-54314 Zerf, Germany. Tel. ++49 (0)6587 1025; E-mail: [email protected] Published in Rheinfelden, Germany and printed in Trier, Germany. ISSN 1438-0269 1997 develop larger spots." (Author) Availabe at: http://www. eeb.ucla.edu/Faculty/Grether/PDF/Grether1997.pdf] 5006. Baker, R.L.; Smith, B.P. (1997): Conflict bet- Address: Grether, G.F., Department of Ecology, Evolu- ween antipredator and antiparasite behaviour in larval tion, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa damselflies. Oecologia 109: 622-628. (in English). ["Lar- Barbara, CA 93106, USA. E-mail: lifesci.lscf.ucsb.edu val damselflies resist infestation by parasitic larval mites 5008. Liu, R. K. (1997): Dragonfly Brooches. Orna- by exhibiting behaviours such as grooming, crawling, ment 20(4): 24-25. (in English). [A small collection of swimming, and striking at host-seeking mites. Larval dragonfly brooches in a magazin / Journal of "art of per- damselflies are known to increase time spent in these sonal adornment" is presented, and a little focus is set behaviours in the presence of mites but reduce time on the jewelry of the Zuni people.] Address: not stated spent in these behaviours in the presence of fish preda- tors. The presence of both fish and larval mites pre- sents an obvious conflict: a larval damselfly may active- ly avoid parasitism by mites, thus increasing its risk of 1998 predation, or it may reduce its activity when fish are present, thus increasing its risk of parasitism. We ana- 5009. Ferreras Romero, M. (1998): Preparando la lysed the behaviour of larval Ischnura verticalis in an lista roja de los odonatos en Andalucía. Zoologica bae- experiment where we crossed presence and absence tica 9: 107-116. (in Spanish, with English summary). of fish with presence and absence of larval mites. Pre- [Andalucian Red List of odonate species.] Address: Fer- sence of mites induced a large increase in activity of reras-Romero, M., Departamento de Biologia Animal larval I. verticalis but fish had no effect and there were (Zoologia), Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cór- no interpretable interactions between effects of mites doba, Avda. San Alberto Magno s/n, E-14004 Córdoba, and fish. Subsequent experiments indicated that larval Spain. E-mail: [email protected] I. verticalis in the presence of both mites and fish were 5010. Menzel, P.; D'Aluisio, F. (1998): Man eating more likely to be attacked and killed by fish than those bugs: the art and science of eating insects. ISBN 1- exposed only to fish. The high activity level of I. vertica- 58008-022-7: 192 pp. (in English). [One chapter of this lis larvae in the presence of both fish and mites may fascinating book is directed to the catching and prepa- suggest that costs of parasitism are high, or that under ring as human food of dragonflies on Bali, Indonesia.] field conditions it is rare for larvae to be in the immedia- te presence of both fish predators and potentially para- 5011. Post, W. (1998): Advantages of coloniality in sitic mites." (Authors)] Address: Baker, R.L., Dept Zool., female Boat-tailed grackles. Wilson Bull. 110(4): 489- Erindale Coll., Univ. Toronto, Mississauga, ON, L6L 496. (in English). [Female Boat-tailed Grackles (Quisca- 2C6, Canada. e-mail: [email protected] lus major) (Aves) were foraging independently of each other, most of the food items brought to nests were 5007. Grether, G.F. (1997): Survival cost of an inter- arthropods that were widely dispersed in and around sexually selected ornament in a damselfly. Proc. R. the study area. The most important (by frequency oc- soc. London (B) 264: 207-210. (in English). ["Orna- currence) dietary items collected from nestlings (n = ments could evolve as honest indicators of fighting abili- 290 items from 43 nests, 25 Apr-1 Jun) were: adult O- ty, provided they have costs that make deceptive sig- donata, mainly Libellulidae, 16%; adult Diptera, mainly nalling unprofitable. I tested for such costs by manipula- Stratiomyidae, 14%; Arachnida, mainly Lycosidae, ting the size of the intrasexually selected wing spots of 15%; Odonata naiads, 7%; adult Coleoptera, 8%; Or- male Hetaerina americana and monitoring survival in thoptera, mainly Acrididae, 7%; fish (Menidia and Fun- the field. Males with enlarged spots had higher mortality dulus), 4%; larval Diptera, mainly Stratiomyidae, 4%. rates than both unmanipulated and sham-manipulated Nestlings also received vertebrates. Available from: controls. Natural wing spot size correlated positively www.elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v110n04/p0489- with longevity, which suggests that higher quality males p0496.pdf] Address: Post, W., Charleston Museum, 360 Odonat. Abstr. Service 17 (January 2006) - page 1 Meeting Street, Charleston,SC 29403; E-mail: grackler Fourcroy 1785, Onychogomphus forcipatus Linne 1758, @aol.com Gomphus vulgatissimus Linne, Cordulegaster boltonii Donovan 1807). The most frequent (8.04% in the whole 5012. Spencer, N.J.; Thomas, B.W.; Mason, R.F.; sample) and the most numerous species was Ophio- Dugdale, J.S. (1998): Diet and life history variation in gomphus cecilia." (Authors)] Address: Zivic, I., Faculty the sympatric lizards Oligosoma nigriplantare polychro- of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studenski trg 16, ma and Oligosoma lineoocellatum. New Zealand Jour- YU-11000 Belgrade, Serbia nal of Zoology 25: 457-463. (in English). [Dietary prefe- rences in the sympatric lizards O. n. polychroma (n= 140) and O. lineoocellatum (n= 153) were analyzed by stomach check. There were some differences in diet, 2000 although both species consumed a wide range of prey, 5016. Kalbfus, W.; Kopf, W.; Seitz, G.; Butz, L. including Odonata. Odonata are of minor importance as (2000): Report on the investigations of the rivers Sza- prey for both lizard taxa; in app. 1% of stomaches dra- mos and Theiß (Hungary) after the cyanide accident. gonflies are represented.] Address: Spencer, N.J., Instructed by the Bavarian State Ministry for Regional Landcare Research, Private Bag 1930, Dunedin, New Development and Environmental Affairs. www.bayern. Zealand. E-mail: [email protected]. de/LFW/aktuelles/neuesausdemlfw/ungarn/UngarnBeric htenglisch3.pdf: 14 pp. (in In English, with German summary). ["The accident on 30th of January 2000 in 1999 the AURUL goldmine near Baia Mare (Romania) cau- sed an extraordinary decease of the fish-fauna in the 5013. Dickerson, D.D.; Reine, K.J.; Herrmann, K.L. Hungarian rivers Szamos and Tisza accompanied by (1999): Wetland turtle habitats potentially impacted by high economic losses. It is, however, not an easy task USACE reservoir operations. Technical Note EMRRP- to assess the ecological dimension of environmental SI-04, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development damage. The first impression implied that all life in the Center, Vicksburg MS. 12 pp. (in English). [The species rivers has been extinguished by cyanide, which is data sheets contain notes on Odonata as prey of two of extremely toxic. However about 1 month after the di- the turtle species.] Address: Availabe at: http:// el.erdc. saster this hypothesis could not be confirmed by the usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/si04.pdf Bavarian expert group. The zoological investigation of the underwater fauna revealed living macro- and mic- 5014. Sherratt, T.N.; Thomas, C.J.; Conrad, K.F.; roorganisms, which were typical for these river sites. It Willson, K.H.; Harvey, I.F. (1999): Landscape approa- can be assumed that these organisms survived the pol- ches in ecotoxicology. Aspects of Applied Biology 53 lution and did not re-populate the river bottom from tri- (Challenges in Applied Population Biology): 227-234. butaries. The conditions of oxygen-saturation in the ri- (in English). ["A mark-recapture study of odonates was ver Tisza indicate the existence of physiologically active conducted in Cheshire, UK to estimate the degree to phytoplankton. The water samples and the sediments which odonate populations at ponds were connected by of river Szamos and river Tisza had a specific ecotoxic dispersal. The probability of individuals of each species potential. No acute toxic effect to bacteria, algae and moving between ponds declined exponentially with the the crustacean Daphnia (zooplancton, fish-fodder) distance between ponds. Using these relationships, we could be detected. However the growth of macrophyte parameterised a simple simulation model, which indica- was proofed to be strongly inhibited by the samples ori- ted that the odonate populations around some ponds ginated from river Szamos. The concentration of heavy ("keystone ponds") could be much more important that metals in the water samples as well as in the sediments others in mediating the recovery of odonates after ex- indicate a contamination at high to at least very high posure to a toxic agrochemical. On the basis of this re- concentrations in the river Szamos, which had an effect sult we quantified the attributes of every pond above 10 on the downstream river Tisza. Residues of cyanides m² in both Cheshire and County Durham, using a GIS could not be detected. The analysis of some persistent of Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale digital vector map organic chemicals in the sediment indicates, that Sza- data. By incorporating the observed dispersal characte- mos and Tisza are not polluted by these substances." ristics into this GIS, we have developed a tool which is (Authors) The study includes notes on Odonata.] Ad- capable of estimating the rate of odonate colonisation dress: Bayer. Landesamt für Wasserwirtschaft, Kaul- of any pond in these counties, hence their ability to re- bachstr.
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