The effects of environmental warming on Odonata: a review

By C. Hassall, David J. Thompson. 2008

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Abstract Climate change brings with it unprecedented rates of increase in environmental temperature, which will have major consequences for the earth's flora and fauna. The Odonata represent a taxon that has many strong links to this abiotic factor due to its tropical evolutionary history and adaptations to temperate climates. Temperature is known to affect odonate physiology including life-history traits such as developmental rate, phenology and seasonal regulation as well as immune function and the production of pigment for thermoregulation. A range of behaviours are likely to be affected which will, in turn, influence other parts of the aquatic ecosystem, primarily through trophic interactions. Temperature may influence changes in geographical distributions, through a shifting of species' fundamental niches, changes in the distribution of suitable habitat and variation in the dispersal ability of species. Finally, such a rapid change in the environment results in a strong selective pressure towards adaptation to cope and the inevitable loss of some populations and, potentially, species. Where data are lacking for odonates, studies on other invertebrate groups will be considered. Finally, directions for research are suggested, particularly laboratory studies that investigate underlying causes of climate-driven macroecological patterns.

Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Genetics

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In Ecological Modeling

1. A. Dunn
2. G. Villalobos-Jiménez
3. R. Brandl
4. C. Hof
5. Martin P. Brändle
6. C. Ghalambor
7. C. Hassall

In Ecology

1. G. Villalobos-Jiménez
2. R. Brandl
3. C. Hof
4. A. Dunn
5. Martin P. Brändle
6. C. Ghalambor
7. C. Hassall

In Genetics

1. R. Brandl
2. C. Hof
3. A. Dunn
4. C. Ghalambor
5. C. Hassall

Citations in the corpus

• Odonata as candidate macroecological barometers for global climate change (2015, background): “For both groups, the relationships between temperature and a wide range of physiological traits are very strong (Willott and Hassall 1998, Hassall and Thompson 2008).”
• PAPER Recent range shifts of European dragonflies provide support for an inverse relationship between habitat predictability and dispersal (2013, background): “Odonates are well suited for such investigations as they are one of the best-known taxa of freshwater insects and invertebrates in general (e.g. Corbet, 2004; Kalkman et al., 2008; Clausnitzer et al., 2009) and many of their life-history traits are affected by temperature (Hassall & Thompson, 2008).”
• Exploring the effects of salinization on trophic diversity in freshwater ecosystems: a quantitative review (2018, background): “Finally, the Order Odonata also contains several species (e.g., Lestes dryas, Ischnura heterosticta) capable of living and reproducing in brackish water (Kefford et al., 2006c; Hassall & Thompson, 2008).”
• Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) in urban ecosystems: A review (2016, background): “…urban ecosystems because (a) they are sensitive to different stressors, such as pollutants (Ferreras-Romero et al., 2009) and temperature changes (Hassall & Thompson, 2008), therefore can be a powerful tool to assess the general conditions of the city environment; (b) they are aquatic as larvae…”