Capture Success and Efficiency of Dragonflies Pursuing Different Types of Prey

• Published in: Integrative and comparative biology Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 787 - 798
• Main Authors: Combes, S. A., Salcedo, M. K., Pandit, M. M., Iwasaki, J. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.11.2013; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animals; Aquatic insects; Body Size; Comparative studies; Diptera; Entomology; Female; Flight, Animal - physiology; Heterogeneity; Insects; Male; Motor ability; Natural environment; Odonata; Odonata - physiology; Predation; Predator-prey interactions; Predators; Predatory Behavior - physiology; Prey; Sensory perception; Species Specificity; Time Factors; Visual Perception - physiology; When Predators Attack: Sensing and Motion in Predator-Prey Interactions

The dynamics of predator–prey interactions vary enormously, due both to the heterogeneity of natural environments and to wide variability in the sensorimotor systems of predator and prey. In addition, most predators pursue a range of different types of prey, and most organisms are preyed upon by a v...