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Dragon colors: the nature and function of Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly) coloration
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Development of the compound eyes of dragonflies (odonata). III. Adult compound eyes
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Evolution of female colour polymorphism in damselflies: testing the hypotheses
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Wing pigmentation in territorial male damselflies, Calopteryx haemorrhoidalis: a possible relation to sexual selection
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Maintenance of a female-limited polymorphism in Ischnura ramburi (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
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Properties and Functions of Screening Pigments in Insect Eyes
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Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Color Vision and Color Formation in Dragonflies
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Population dynamics of Ischnura E. elegans (Vander Linden) (Insecta: Odonata) with special reference to morphological colour changes, female polymorphism, multiannual cycles and their influence on behaviour
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The dorsal eye of the dragonfly Sympetrum: specializations for prey detection against the blue sky
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Variable assessment of wing colouration in aerial contests of the red-winged damselfly Mnesarete pudica (Zygoptera, Calopterygidae)
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Trade-offs between larval survival and adult ornament development depend on predator regime in a territorial dragonfly
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Wing pigmentation, immune ability, fat reserves and territorial status in males of the rubyspot damselfly, Hetaerina americana
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Male dimorphism, territoriality and mating success in the tropical damselfly, Paraphlebia zoe Selys (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
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The Role of Wing Pigmentation, UV and Fluorescence as Signals in a Neotropical Damselfly
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All the better to see you with: a review of odonate color vision with transcriptomic insight into the odonate eye
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The fine structure of odonata chromatophores
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(92)90038-aopenalex-snapshot
Eye regionalization and spectral tuning of retinal pigments in insects
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Ultraviolet wing signal affects territorial contest outcome in a sexually dimorphic damselfly
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2019.100884openalex-snapshot
Structural coloration predicts the outcome of male contests in the Amazonian damselfly Chalcopteryx scintillans (Odonata: Polythoridae)
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Color vision and color formation in dragonflies
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Pigmentation and color pattern diversity in Odonata
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Mechanism of the wing colouration in the dragonfly Zenithoptera lanei (Odonata: Libellulidae) and its role in intraspecific communication
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Dragonflies: Behaviour and Ecology of Odonata
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1016/s1467-8039(00)00020-7openalex-snapshot
Microsculpture of the wing surface in Odonata: evidence for cuticular wax covering
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Spatial Variations and Temporal Metastability of the Self-Cleaning and Superhydrophobic Properties of Damselfly Wings
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Expression of a costly, plastic secondary sexual trait is correlated with age and condition in a damselfly with two male morphs
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Redox alters yellow dragonflies into red
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1424670112openalex-snapshot
Extraordinary diversity of visual opsin genes in dragonflies
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.1998.9748090openalex-snapshot
BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION IN A LATE-SEASON DRAGONFLY, SYMPETRUM VICINUM (ODONATA: LIBELLULIDAE)
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2005.9748252openalex-snapshot
The evolution and frequency of female color morphs in Holarctic Odonata: why are male-like females typically the minority?
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2011.623981openalex-snapshot
Odonata colour: more than meets the eye?
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2012.685837openalex-snapshot
Leptagrion cyanostigmasp. nov. from Brazil with a study of blue pterostigma in Zygoptera (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2014.967316openalex-snapshot
Melanic individuals in color polymorphicEnallagmadamselflies result from phenotypic, not genetic, variation
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1080/13887890.2019.1566097openalex-snapshot
Wing surface in the damselflyMecistogaster ornata(Zygoptera, Pseudostigmatidae): interactions between nanoscale wax and sticky spider webs
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Female Polymorphism, Frequency Dependence, and Rapid Evolutionary Dynamics in Natural Populations
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/7.4.465openalex-snapshot
Novel cost of a sexually selected trait in the rubyspot damselfly Hetaerina americana: conspicuousness to prey
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arr153openalex-snapshot
Unraveling the true complexity of costly color signaling
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2018.0785openalex-snapshot
Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2595openalex-snapshot
Remarkable iridescence in the hindwings of the damselflyNeurobasis chinensis chinensis(Linnaeus) (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae)
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13798openalex-snapshot
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger: Detoxification ability as a mechanism of honesty in a sexually selected signal
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1111/aec.13005openalex-snapshot
United colours of the city: A review about urbanisation impact on animal colours
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13200openalex-snapshot
Temperature shapes the costs, benefits and geographic diversification of sexual coloration in a dragonfly
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12594openalex-snapshot
Melanin‐based colour polymorphism responding to climate change
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A role for ecology in the evolution of colour variation and sexual dimorphism in Hawaiian damselflies
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Ultrastructure of dragonfly wing veins: composite structure of fibrous material supplemented by resilin
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12935openalex-snapshot
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inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/498276openalex-snapshot
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inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1163/157075608x328099openalex-snapshot
A phylogenetic perspective on absence and presence of a sex-limited polymorphism
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-15-808openalex-snapshot
De novo transcriptome of Ischnura elegans provides insights into sensory biology, colour and vision genes
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.01240openalex-snapshot
Blue integumentary structural colours in dragonflies (Odonata) are not produced by incoherent Tyndall scattering
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0006063openalex-snapshot
Darker eggs of mosquitoes resist more to dry conditions: Melanin enhances serosal cuticle contribution in egg resistance to desiccation in Aedes, Anopheles and Culex vectors
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Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins
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Molecular Organization of the Nanoscale Surface Structures of the Dragonfly Hemianax papuensis Wing Epicuticle
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0125074openalex-snapshot
Mixed Signals? Morphological and Molecular Evidence Suggest a Color Polymorphism in Some Neotropical Polythore Damselflies
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142684openalex-snapshot
Conspicuous Coloration in Males of the Damselfly Nehalennia irene (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae): Do Males Signal Their Unprofitability to Other Males?
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00201openalex-snapshot
Diversity of UV Reflection Patterns in Odonata
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5351587openalex-snapshot
Genetically Determined Colour Polymorphism In Larvae Of Ceriagrion Chaoi (Insecta: Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
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The nature and structure of the white-reflecting underside ‘scales’ on the hind wing of Pseudolestes mirabilis (Odonata: Pseudolestidae)
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The Biology of Dragonflies: Odonata or Paraneuroptera
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.69899openalex-snapshot
The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.60024/zenodo.4268559openalex-snapshot
The evolutionary history of colour polymorphism in Ischnura damselflies (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
inferredcites →https://doi.org/10.7554/elife.43045openalex-snapshot
Molecular basis of wax-based color change and UV reflection in dragonflies
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Continental variation in wing pigmentation in Calopteryx damselflies is related to the presence of heterospecifics
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Alternative reproductive strategies in black-winged territorial males of Paraphlebia zoe (Odonata, Thaumatoneuridae)
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The conspicuousness contradiction: brighter males have lower mating chances in the damselfly Argia hasemani but not in Argia croceipennis
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Ornamentation diversified faster than eco-morphology across Nearctic dragonflies
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Colour polymorphism, ontogeny, and mating behaviour in Andean Ischnuran damselflies: evidence from a potential contact zone
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