Plants and animals are often adorned with potentially conspicuous colours (eg red, yellow,
orange, blue, purple). These include the dazzling colours of fruits and flowers, the brilliant …

Since the 1970's, models based on evolutionary game theory, such as war of attrition (WOA),
energetic war of attrition (E‐WOA), cumulative assessment model (CAM) and sequential …

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 …

Highlights•Examples of pigments and waxes associated with coloration in Odonata are
reviewed.•Genes involved in the biosynthesis pathway of three major pigments in Odonata …

How animals assess information encoded in individual color patches have been extensively
studied, yet the role of both individual color patches and gross color pattern (ie, the …

Animals that live in hot environments must deal with extreme temperatures and overcome
the constraints imposed by overheating. Some species exhibit remarkable adaptations to …

Conservation of Dragonflies: Sentinels for Freshwater Conservation: Freshwater Assessment and
Monitoring Using Dragonflies Page 1 7 Freshwater Assessment and Monitoring Using …

Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) are large-eyed diurnal insects that exhibit a variety of
color patterns on their wings and/or bodies. Because Odonata can perceive light with …

Odonata is considered, among the aquatic insect orders, the second largest group in
number of species. Its global richness is estimated in about 6,000 described species. The …

Colour signals of many animals are surrounded by a high-contrast achromatic background,
but little is known about the possible function of this arrangement. For both humans and non …