The Tinbergen Shortfall: Developments on Aquatic Insect Behavior that Are Critical for Freshwater Conservation

Roque, Fábio de Oliveira; Valente‐Neto, Francisco; Rodrigues, Marciel Élio; Souza, Francine Novais; Nogueira, Davidson Gomes; Piovezan-Borges, Ana Cláudia; Covich, Alan P.; Samways, Michael J.

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“…Environmental alterations may affect both mating behavior and habitat selectivity, which may ultimately alter community structure, influencing species richness, and their abundance and distribution 19 , 20 . In addition to the recent discussion of the need to conserve ethodiversity and behavioral repertoires, a range of studies have focused on the effects of modifications in the landscape on local animal communities and their associated behavioral patterns, with this ethological focus now being considered a major ally of biodiversity conservation programs 22 .…”

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Impact of environmental changes on the behavioral diversity of the Odonata (Insecta) in the Amazon

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The odonates are insects that have a wide range of reproductive, ritualized territorial, and aggressive behaviors. Changes in behavior are the first response of most odonate species to environmental alterations. In this context, the primary objective of the present study was to assess the effects of environmental alterations resulting from shifts in land use on different aspects of the behavioral diversity of adult odonates. Fieldwork was conducted at 92 low-order streams in two different regions of the Brazilian Amazon. To address our main objective, we measured 29 abiotic variables at each stream, together with five morphological and five behavioral traits of the resident odonates. The results indicate a loss of behaviors at sites impacted by anthropogenic changes, as well as variation in some morphological/behavioral traits under specific environmental conditions. We highlight the importance of considering behavioral traits in the development of conservation strategies, given that species with a unique behavioral repertoire may suffer specific types of extinction pressure.

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