[...]... Hamilton and Montgomerie 1989 Andrés and Cordero-Rivera 2001 Anholt et al 2001 Fincke 1986 Anholt et al 2001 Cordero et al 1998 Bennett and Mill 1995 Anholt 1997 Stoks 2001a, 2001b Boano and Rolando 2003 Boano and Rolando 2003 Kéry and Juillerat 2004 Kéry and Juillerat 2004 Kéry and Juillerat 2004 Watanabe and Taguchi 1988 Watanabe and Taguchi 1988 Watanabe et al 2004 Watanabe et al 2004 Watanabe and Taguchi... scientific discoveries and advancements using damselflies and dragonflies as study animals while similar treatises were available for other taxa (e.g Bourke and Franks 1995, Field 2001) This feeling started because it was easy to see that odonates had been and are still used to test several theories and hypotheses, and have therefore become ancillary pieces in the construction of ecological and evolutionary. .. Marjan De Block for providing sex-ratio data and Carlo Utzeri for helping us to obtain some papers ACR was supported by research grants from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (grants PB97– 0379, BOS2001–3642, and CGL2005–00122) RS was supported by research grants from the Flemish Government (FWO-Flanders) and the KULeuven Research Fund (OT and GOA) References Andrés, J.A and Cordero-Rivera,... would be suitable models, because exuviae are concentrated in time and space, and therefore marks could be recovered easily Tackling the above-mentioned issues is crucial to further exploit odonates as model organisms in testing general ecological and evolutionary hypotheses that require precise and unbiased population parameters Odonates may seem especially useful in following areas of research that in... mark–recapture methods, and increases the likelihood that an individual dies before returning to the reproductive site, where marking typically occurs 2.3 Conclusions and lines for future research We have shown that odonates are good models for mark–recapture studies, and useful for testing biological hypotheses with modern CJS models (Lebreton et al 1992) Large data-sets exist and more will likely be... Sherratt, and Adolfo Cordero-Rivera 219 18 Sexual size dimorphism: patterns and processes Martín Alejandro Serrano-Meneses, Alex Córdoba-Aguilar, and Tamás Székely 231 19 Dragonfly flight performance: a model system for biomechanics, physiological genetics, and animal competitive behaviour James H Marden 249 20 Evolution, diversification, and mechanics of dragonfly wings Robin J Wootton and David J.S... graduate and postgraduate students also deserve a place during the more hysterical moments of this project, for understanding my hurry in attending to their experiments and theses Helen Eaton and Ian Sherman from Oxford University Press were outstanding in providing help during all stages, including editorial and personal situations that arose during these months Finally, the long nights and early... survival and recapture rates and from testing hypotheses to model selection and inference Here we review the literature on mark–recapture studies with odonates, and suggest areas where more research is needed These include the effect of marking on survival and recapture rates, differences in survival between sexes and female colour morphs, the relative importance of processes in the larval and adult... those people to contribute whose efforts have been essential in testing and constructing new ideas These researchers could directly provide a more straightforward understanding of their discoveries and outline the issues to be addressed in the future I have encouraged these colleagues to base their writing on theories and hypotheses, and to allow readers to see the pros and cons of using odonates as study... 461–472 Boano, G and Rolando, A (2003) Aggressive interactions and demographic parameters in Libellula fulva (Odonata, Libellulidae) Italian Journal of Zoology 70, 159–166 Borror, D.J (1934) Ecological studies of Argia moesta Hagen (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) by means of marking Ohio Journal of Science 34, 97–108 Burnham, K.P and Anderson, D.R (1998) Model Selection and Inference A Practical Information-Theoretic . ies and Damselfl ies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research This page intentionally left blank Dragonfl ies and Damselfl ies Model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research EDITED. Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other. evi- dence for any taxon of the mechanism by which males gain sperm precedence, thereby opening the way for testable hypotheses for modelling mecha- nisms of sperm displacement and therefore male– female