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Behavioral Variation across Latitudinal Gradients
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Behavioral Variation across Latitudinal Gradients

A special issue of Insects (ISSN 2075-4450). This special issue belongs to the section "Insect Behavior and Pathology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2022) | Viewed by 2352

Special Issue Editors

Dr. David Outomuro

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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Rieveschl Hall, Cincinnati, OH 45221-0006, USA
Interests: behavioral ecology; visual ecology; geometric morphometrics; Odonata; Salticidae
Dr. Szymon Sniegula

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Department of Ecosystem Conservation, Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences, aleje Adama Mickiewicza 33, 31-120 Kraków, Poland
Interests: behavioral syndrome; life history; seasonal time constraints; Odonata

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Latitudinal environmental gradients have been of broad interest due to their impact on the ecology and evolution of species and species interactions. These processes even extend to the community and ecosystem levels. Traditionally, the study of life history, morphological and physiological traits along latitudinal gradients have received much attention. These studies have been fundamental for our understanding of ecological niches, distribution ranges and conservation of species.

Latitudinal gradients can also directly or indirectly affect the behavior of species, a subject that has received considerably less interest. Behavior can be plastic and heritable. Different behavioral traits can be also genetically linked to each other, either constraining or promoting adaptation. The study of behavioral variation along latitudinal gradients can therefore inform us of species resilience in the context of current environmental change.

This Special Issue will broadly address studies on the behavior of insects along latitudinal environmental gradients. Some interesting topics include, but are not limited to, sexual selection, species interactions, differences between core and edge populations and behavior at expanding range limits. Original research as well as reviews are welcome. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed.

Dr. David Outomuro
Dr. Szymon Sniegula
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Insects is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

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Keywords

  • latitudinal gradients
  • distribution ranges
  • range margins
  • behavioral ecology
  • species interactions
  • sexual selection
  • conservation
  • phenotypic plasticity
  • morphology

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Cross-Latitude Behavioural Axis in an Adult Damselfly Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780)
by Maria J. Golab, Szymon Sniegula and Tomas Brodin
Insects 2022, 13(4), 342; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/insects13040342 - 31 Mar 2022
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Behavioural variation is important for evolutionary and ecological processes, but can also be useful when predicting consequences of climate change and effects on species ranges. Latitudinal differences in behaviour have received relatively limited research interest when compared to morphological, life history and physiological [...] Read more.
Behavioural variation is important for evolutionary and ecological processes, but can also be useful when predicting consequences of climate change and effects on species ranges. Latitudinal differences in behaviour have received relatively limited research interest when compared to morphological, life history and physiological traits. This study examined differences in expression of three behavioural axes: activity, courtship and boldness, and their correlations, along a European latitudinal gradient spanning ca. 1500 km. The study organism was the temperate damselfly Calopteryx splendens (Harris). We predicted that the expression of both behavioural traits and behavioural syndromes would be positively correlated to latitude, with the lowest values in the southern populations, followed by central and the highest in the north, because animals usually compensate behaviourally for increasing time constraints and declining environmental conditions. We found that behavioural expression varied along the latitudinal cline, although not always in the predicted direction. Activity was the only behaviour that followed our prediction and gradually increased northward. Whereas no south-to-north gradient was seen in any of the behavioural syndromes. The results, particularly for activity, suggest that climatic differences across latitudes change behavioural profiles. However, for other traits such as courtship and boldness, local factors might invoke stronger selection pressures, disrupting the predicted latitudinal pattern. Full article
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