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A biology of dragonflies

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The article was published on 1962-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 501 citations till now.

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Ecological consequences of the trade-off between growth and mortality rates mediated by foraging activity.

TL;DR: These models develop models predicting adaptive responses for both foraging speed and proportion of time active when individual growth rate and mortality risk are functions of these variables, particularly the role of activity responses in competitive interactions and indirect effects and patterns of coexistence among competitors.
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Migration of terrestrial arthropods in relation to habitat

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of the problem: this paper...,.. ].. ).. ]... )...
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An experimental approach to the production dynamics and structure of freshwater animal communities1

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of three levels of inorganic nutrients and two predator densities on aquatic animal communities were examined in a series of twenty 0.07-ha freshwater ponds.
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Spatial Vision in Arthropods

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Do species’ traits predict recent shifts at expanding range edges?

TL;DR: Current evidence for the relationship between leading-edge range shifts and species' traits is assessed and expected relationships for several datasets are found, including diet breadth in North American Passeriformes and egg-laying habitat in British Odonata are found.
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The Principles of Insect Physiology

A. D. Imms
- 11 Nov 1939 - 
TL;DR: Wigglesworth as discussed by the authors discusses the importance of the physiological aspects of their subject, including the relations between organs and parts of the body of an insect, and the relationship between the organs and their functions.
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A Turning Point in the Study of Insect Migration

J. S. Kennedy
- 01 Mar 1961 -