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- Title
Non‐consumptive killing of a conspecific dragonfly.
- Abstract
Adult dragonflies, as in the case of I Perithemis tenera i , are known to defend breeding territories near water, whereby they fight off intruding conspecifics ( I Ethology i 2004; doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00942.x). Larval dragonflies ( I Epitheca cynosura i ), for example, commonly cannibalize each other ( I Ecology i 1996; doi.org/10.2307/2265668); however, larval damselflies ( I Megaloprepus coerulatus i ) are sometimes killed but not consumed by conspecifics ( I Oecologia i 1994; doi.org/10.1007/bf00317138), which can reduce competition for food. Intraspecific competition for resources, such as food, mates, or territory, is widespread across the animal kingdom.
- Subjects
COMPETITION (Biology); DRAGONFLIES; ODONATA; DINGO
- Publication
Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2022, Vol 20, Issue 9, p530
- ISSN
1540-9295
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/fee.2571