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Datto-Liberato FH, Lopez VM, Quinaia T, do Valle Junior RF, Samways MJ, Juen L, Valera C, Guillermo-Ferreira R. Total environment sentinels: Dragonflies as ambivalent/amphibiotic bioindicators of damage to soil and freshwater. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2024; 934:173110. [PMID: 38740211 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
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Discerning the impact of anthropogenic impacts requires the implementation of bioindicators that quantify the susceptibilities and vulnerabilities of natural terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems to perturbation and transformation. Although legal regulations in Brazil recognize the value of bioindicators in monitoring water quality, the depreciation of soil conditions has yet to receive adequate attention. Thus, our study aimed to evaluate the potential of odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) as amphibiotic bioindicators to reflect the correlation between the degradation of aquatic and terrestrial habitats in pasture-dominated landscapes. We assessed the relationship between the biotic indices of Odonata and the conservation status of preserved riparian landscapes adjacent to anthropogenically altered pastures in 40 streams in the Brazilian savannah. Our results support the hypothesis that Odonata species composition may be a surrogate indicator for soil and water integrity, making them promising sentinels for detecting environmental degradation and guiding conservation strategies in human-altered landscapes. Importantly, while the Zygoptera/Anisoptera species ratio is a useful bioindicator tool in Brazilian forest, it is less effective in the open savannah here, and so an alternative index is required. Importantly, while the Zygoptera/Anisoptera species ratio is a useful bioindicator tool in Brazilian forest, it is less effective in the open savannah here, and so an alternative index is required. On the other hand, our results showed the Dragonfly Biotic Index to be a suitable tool for assessing freshwater habitats in Brazilian savannah. We also identified certain bioindicator species at both ends of the environment intactness spectrum.
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- Felipe H Datto-Liberato
- Lestes Lab, Entomology and Experimental Biology Center, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil; Graduate Program in Entomology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Lestes Lab, Entomology and Experimental Biology Center, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil; Graduate Program in Entomology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Geoprocessing Laboratory, Federal Institute of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil
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- Stellenbosch University, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Matieland, Western Cape, South Africa
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação LABECO, Federal University of Pará UFPA, Belém, Brazil
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- Coordenadoria Regional das Promotorias de Justiça do Meio Ambiente das Bacias dos Rios Paranaíba e Baixo Rio Grande, Rua Coronel Antônio Rios, 951, Uberaba, MG 38061-150, Brazil
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- Lestes Lab, Entomology and Experimental Biology Center, Federal University of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Brazil; Graduate Program in Entomology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Richmond IC, Perron MC, Boyle SP, Pick FR. Connectivity of stormwater ponds impacts Odonata abundance and species richness. LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY 2024; 39:63. [PMID: 38435963 PMCID: PMC10902110 DOI: 10.1007/s10980-024-01817-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 03/05/2024]
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Context The successful dispersal of an animal depends, partly, on landscape connectivity. Urbanization poses risks to dispersal activities by increasing hostile land cover types. Objectives We investigated how connectivity of urban ponds impacted Odonata communities (dragonflies and damselflies), an order of semi-aquatic insects that actively disperse. Methods We sampled 41 constructed stormwater ponds and 8 natural ponds in a metropolitan area. The effect of connectivity and the quantity of available adjacent habitats was tested at different scales for dragonflies (900 m) and damselflies (300 m), determined by a literature analysis, to account for differences in suborder dispersal capabilities. Results Lower levels of connectivity and fewer nearest neighbours negatively impacted abundance, species richness, and composition of dragonflies (p values < 0.01, R2 = 0.18-0.70). Adult dragonfly abundance had a stronger positive relationship with connectivity than species richness. In particular, the abundance of adult dragonfly Leucorrhinia frigida, found almost exclusively at natural ponds, had a positive relationship with connectivity. Connectivity and the number of nearest neighbours had no significant impact on damselflies apart from a slight negative relationship between connectivity and species richness (p value = 0.02, R2 = 0.11). Natural ponds had significantly higher levels of connectivity when compared to stormwater ponds. Conclusions Our results suggest that dragonflies are positively affected by increased connectivity in an urban landscape, with no benefit of connectivity to damselflies at the scale measured. We recommend intentional planning of urban stormwater pond networks, where individual ponds can act as stepping stones, incorporated with strategic inclusion of beneficial land cover types. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10980-024-01817-z.
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- I. C. Richmond
- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada
- Department of Biology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada
- St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, 2 St. Lawrence Drive, Cornwall, ON K6H 4Z1 Canada
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- School of Science and the Environment, Memorial University of Newfoundland - Grenfell, 20 University Dr, Corner Brook, NL A2H 5G5 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of Ottawa, 30 Marie Curie Private, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Canada
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Palacino-Rodríguez F, Palacino DA, Penagos Arevalo A, Cordero-Rivera A. Demography and Behaviour of Teinopodagrion oscillans (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) in a Protected Area of the Colombian Andean Region. INSECTS 2024; 15:125. [PMID: 38392544 PMCID: PMC10889271 DOI: 10.3390/insects15020125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2024] [Revised: 02/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/24/2024]
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The demography and behaviour of Teinopodagrion oscillans was studied in a protected area in the Andean region of Colombia. Adult damselflies were individually marked, and using their recapture histories, we estimated survival, longevity, sex ratio, and population size using Cormack-Jolly-Seber models. Other aspects of their behaviour were recorded. Survival, recapture, and lifespan (14.1 ± 0.59 days) were similar for both sexes and all age groups. Mature males were larger, and the distance from the water was similar for all individuals. The most supported model was the time-dependent model for survival and recapture. This suggests that weather variations affect the demography of this population in a significant way. Individuals exhibited high fidelity to their site perch, perching with open wings near water on a variety of perches. Mature males make short flights from the perch to intercept conspecific and interspecific males and to hunt prey. The tandem position was formed on macrophytes, and then the pair flew away. Oviposition lasted for 11.23 min on average, with the females ovipositing by abdomen submersion. Our results offer insights into the demographic characteristics and behaviour of this species, providing crucial information for the short- and long-term, from the demography of one species to the conservation of ecosystems of the Andean region.
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- Fredy Palacino-Rodríguez
- Etology Section, Faculty of Sciences, Republic University, Montevideo 11200, Uruguay
- Research Group on Odonata and Other Arthropods in Colombia and the Neotropics (GINOCO), Sesquilé 251057, Colombia
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- Research Group on Odonata and Other Arthropods in Colombia and the Neotropics (GINOCO), Sesquilé 251057, Colombia
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- Research Group on Odonata and Other Arthropods in Colombia and the Neotropics (GINOCO), Sesquilé 251057, Colombia
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- ECOEVO Lab, E. E. Forestal, Campus Universitario A Xunqueira s/n, Universidade de Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
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Ferreira VRS, de Resende BO, Bastos RC, da Brito JS, de Carvalho FG, Calvão LB, Oliveira‐Junior JMB, Neiss UG, Ferreira R, Juen L. Amazonian Odonata Trait Bank. Ecol Evol 2023; 13:e10149. [PMID: 37332521 PMCID: PMC10271597 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
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Discussion regarding the gaps of knowledge on Odonata is common in the literature. Such gaps are even greater when dealing with basic biological data for biodiverse environments like the Amazon Rainforest. Therefore, studies that address, classify, and standardize functional traits allow the elaboration of a wide range of ecological and evolutionary hypotheses. Moreover, such endeavors aid conservation and management planning by providing a better understanding of which functional traits are filtered or favored under environmental changes. Here, our main goal was to produce a database with 68 functional traits of 218 Odonata species that occur in the Brazilian Amazon. We extracted data on behavior, habit/habitat (larvae and adults), thermoregulation, and geographic distribution from 419 literature sources classified into different research areas. Moreover, we measured 22 morphological traits of approximately 2500 adults and categorized species distributions based on approximately 40,000 geographic records for the Americas. As a result, we provided a functional matrix and identified different functional patterns for the Odonata suborders, as well as a strong relationship between the different trait categories. For this reason, we recommend the selection of key traits that represent a set of functional variables, reducing the sampling effort. In conclusion, we detect and discuss gaps in the literature and suggest research to be developed with the present Amazonian Odonata Trait Bank (AMO-TB).
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LABECO)Universidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LABECO)Universidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LABECO)Universidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos de Impacto Ambiental (LEIA), Instituto de Ciências e Tecnologia das Águas (ICTA)Universidade Federal do Oeste do ParáSantarémParáBrazil
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- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)Universidade Federal do AmazonasManausAmazonasBrazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Ecológicos em Etologia e Evolução (LESTES Lab)Universidade Federal do Triângulo MineiroUberabaMinas GeraisBrazil
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- Laboratório de Ecologia e Conservação (LABECO)Universidade Federal do ParáBelémParáBrazil
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A Bibliometric Analysis of the Global Research in Odonata: Trends and Gaps. DIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/d14121074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Insects of the order Odonata have been used as indicators of environmental quality in different aquatic systems around the world. In this context, we conducted a bibliometric analysis to understand the general patterns of research on Odonata published in the past decade (2012–2021). We extracted literature from the Web of Science (WoS) in the advanced search option and used search terms related to Odonata plus search strings for each term. A total of 2764 Odonata publications were identified. The journals with the most published articles on Odonata were Zootaxa, International Journal of Odonatology and Odonatologica. The countries with the most Odonata publications were the USA, Brazil and China. Most studies were conducted on streams, ponds and rivers. Ecology, taxonomy and behavior were the main study topics. Of the total articles on Odonata, 982 involved Zygoptera and 946 Anisoptera. Another 756 studies were focused on both suborders. The increase in ecological and taxonomic studies of Odonata reflects the dynamic characteristics of this order, and its relatively well-defined systematics, especially in the case of adults. Despite the recent increase in the number of publications, there are still many gaps related to topics such as biogeography, parasitism, competition within and between species, evolutionary and phylogenetic relationships, as well as studies of the eggs (e.g., their development) and larval exuviae (e.g., their morphological features).
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de Almeida TR, Salomoni S, Vilela DS, Guillermo‐Ferreira R. Male agility in relation to mating success in two non‐territorial damselflies. AUSTRAL ECOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.13240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Thais R. de Almeida
- Graduate Program in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation Federal University of Grand Dourados Dourados Brazil
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- Graduate Program in Entomology and Biodiversity Conservation Federal University of Grand Dourados Dourados Brazil
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Paul S, Khan MK, Herberstein ME. Sexual and developmental variations of ecto-parasitism in damselflies. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0261540. [PMID: 35802642 PMCID: PMC9269466 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The prevalence and intensity of parasitism can have different fitness costs between sexes, and across species and developmental stages. This variation could arise because of species specific sexual and developmental differences in body condition, immunity, and resistance. Theory predicts that the prevalence of parasitism will be greater in individuals with poor body condition and the intensity of parasitism will be greater in individuals with larger body size. These predictions have been tested and verified in vertebrates. In insects, however, contradictory evidence has been found in different taxa. Here, we tested these predictions on two species of Agriocnemis (Agriocnemis femina and Agriocnemis pygmaea) damselflies, which are parasitized by Arrenurus water mite ectoparasites. We measured body weight, total body length, abdomen area and thorax area of non-parasitized damselflies and found body condition varied between males and females, between immature females and mature females and between A. femina and A. pygmaea. Then, we calculated the parasite prevalence, i.e., the absence or presence of parasites and intensity, i.e., the number of parasites per infected damselfly in eleven natural populations of both species. In line to our predictions, we observed greater prevalence in immature females than mature females but found no difference in parasite prevalence between males and females. Furthermore, we found that parasite intensity was higher in females than males and in immature females than mature females. Our result also showed that the frequency and intensity of parasitism varied between the two studied species, being higher in A. pygmaea than A. femina. Our study provides evidence that parasitism impacts sexes, developmental stages and species differentially and suggests that variation may occur due to sex, developmental stage, and species-specific resistance and tolerance mechanism.
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- Shatabdi Paul
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh
- Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, NSW, Australia
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Carvalho FG, Duarte L, Seger GDS, Nakamura G, Guillermo-Ferreira R, Cordero-Rivera A, Juen L. Detecting Darwinian Shortfalls in the Amazonian Odonata. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 2022; 51:404-412. [PMID: 35575876 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-022-00961-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Among the oldest winged insects, odonates are a monophyletic order that have become important models for ecological studies because of their highly diverse reproductive behaviors and their role as top predators and bioindicators. However, knowledge on evolutionary relationships within the order is still scarce compared to other taxa, and this situation is even more complicated in areas with high biodiversity, such as in the Amazon. Here, we sought to identify knowledge gaps on Amazonian Odonata regarding three main aspects: (i) how the inclusion of Amazonian taxa affects our interpretation of the evolutionary relationships of Zygoptera and Anisoptera; (ii) the position of Amazonian taxa in the existing supertree of the Odonata; (iii) dating evolutionary divergence between nodes using fossil records; (iv) assessing whether more species-rich basins (e.g., Amazon basin) have a larger phylogenetic gap when compared to basins with lower richness in South and Central America; and (v) in the light of our knowledge, we discuss diversification patterns found in the most predominant clades of Amazonian taxa. We built a supertree from currently available phylogenetic information of Odonata. The results show that there is no genetic information for 85% (n: 503) of the Amazonian species and that family level relationships are unknown for 17 genera. After compiling the data, we observed that clades belonging to Neotropical lineages are the most poorly resolved, with large polytomies. This problem was identified in many Anisoptera genera, such as Macrothemis, Dasythemis, Elasmothemis, and Erythrodiplax. Our results also suggest that not always the richest basins have the greatest phylogenetic gaps. As expected, we found important gaps in the existing Odonata phylogenies, especially in clades that include Amazonian representatives, that are also those less known from ecological and conservation perspectives.
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- Fernando Geraldo Carvalho
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Univ Federal Do Pará - UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
- Lab de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Federal Do Pará - UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil.
- Lab de Ecologia Filogenética E Funcional, Depto de Ecologia, Univ Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Instituto Nacional de Pesquisa Do Pantanal, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil.
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- Lab de Ecologia Filogenética E Funcional, Depto de Ecologia, Univ Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul - UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Centro de Estudos Costeiros, Limnológicos E Marinhos (CECLIMAR), Depto Interdisciplinar, Univ Federal Do Rio Grande Do Sul - UFRGS, Imbé, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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- Lestes Lab, Dept of Biological Sciences, Federal Univ of Triangulo Mineiro, Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia, Univ Federal Do Pará - UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
- Lab de Ecologia e Conservação, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Univ Federal Do Pará - UFPA, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Changes of Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Diversity of Odonata (Insecta) in Response to Land Use in Amazonia. FORESTS 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/f12081061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Changes in natural habitats for human use can alter the distribution of biodiversity, favoring species that are more tolerant to environmental disturbance. Usually, these species comprise clades of habitat generalists, which have biological mechanisms to colonize environments with different environmental conditions. However, such effects are still poorly understood for most biological groups, such as the Amazon odonates. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate the effects of land use along an environmental gradient on the phylogenetic and taxonomic diversity of Odonata in the Amazon. We tested the following hypotheses: In deforested areas (e.g., pasture for cattle, palm plantation, and logging), the Odonata community will be more taxonomically and phylogenetically impoverished than in forested areas. We assume that the modification of the natural habitat causes loss of specialist forest species and favors specialist species of open areas and/or habitat generalists. Data sampling was performed in 195 streams under different land-use types: livestock areas, palm monoculture, timber exploitation, and forest areas taken as reference sites. Our results showed that anthropogenic impacts affected the phylogenetic diversity of odonates and the increase in shrub vegetation was related to the increase in the phylogenetic diversity of communities. On the other hand, shrub vegetation is indicative of disturbed areas, where secondary vegetation predominates, with less canopy cover due to the absence or discontinuity of the native tree cover in these habitats. Nonetheless, species richness and abundance were not related to the effects of anthropogenic land use. Finally, our results suggest that the phylogenetic diversity of Amazonian odonates is related to riparian vegetation structure.
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