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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Eastern Illinois University

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

2000

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Proximate Constraints On Intruder Detection In The Dragonfly Perithemis Tenera (Odonata: Libellulidae): Effects Of Angle Of Approach And Background, Paul V. Switzer, Perri K. Eason Jan 2000

Proximate Constraints On Intruder Detection In The Dragonfly Perithemis Tenera (Odonata: Libellulidae): Effects Of Angle Of Approach And Background, Paul V. Switzer, Perri K. Eason

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The implications of insects’ vision for territorial defense have been relatively little studied in the field. In the dragonfly Perithemis tenera Say we investigated whether either the angle at which an intruder was viewed by a territorial resident or the background against which it was viewed affected the detection of that intruder. Residents detected intruders at a greater distance if the intruders were directly in front of them; they also detected more intruders in front of them than from other angles. Intruders viewed against distant vegetation were detected more readily than were intruders against near vegetation. Residents detected more intruders …


The Male-Male Tandem: A Novel Form Of Mate Guarding In Perithemis Tenera, Paul V. Switzer, Jaime K. Schultz Jan 2000

The Male-Male Tandem: A Novel Form Of Mate Guarding In Perithemis Tenera, Paul V. Switzer, Jaime K. Schultz

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No abstract provided.


Proximate Constraints On Intruder Detection In The Dragonfly Perithemis Tenera (Odonata: Libellulidae): Effects Of Angle Of Approach And Background, Paul Switzer, Perri Eason Jan 2000

Proximate Constraints On Intruder Detection In The Dragonfly Perithemis Tenera (Odonata: Libellulidae): Effects Of Angle Of Approach And Background, Paul Switzer, Perri Eason

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

The implications of insects’ vision for territorial defense have been relatively little studied in the field. In the dragonfly Perithemis tenera Say we investigated whether either the angle at which an intruder was viewed by a territorial resident or the background against which it was viewed affected the detection of that intruder. Residents detected intruders at a greater distance if the intruders were directly in front of them; they also detected more intruders in front of them than from other angles. Intruders viewed against distant vegetation were detected more readily than were intruders against near vegetation. Residents detected more intruders …


The Male-Male Tandem: A Novel Form Of Mate Guarding In Perithemis Tenera, Paul Switzer, Jaime Schultz Jan 2000

The Male-Male Tandem: A Novel Form Of Mate Guarding In Perithemis Tenera, Paul Switzer, Jaime Schultz

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

No abstract provided.