Behaviour and growth of dragonfly larvae along a permanent to temporary water habitat gradient.pdfVIP

Behaviour and growth of dragonfly larvae along a permanent to temporary water habitat gradient FRANK JOHANSSON1 and FRANK SUHL ING2 1Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umea? University, Sweden and 2Institute of Zoology, Technische Universita?t Braunschweig, Fasanenstrasse, Braunschweig, Germany Abstract. 1. Freshwaters form a gradient from small temporary waters to large permanent waters. Identifying and examining traits that restrict the distribution of species along this gradient are crucial to the understanding of community struc- ture in these habitats. 2. Using dragonfly lar