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SUBMITTER: Johansson F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5597221 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Johansson Frank F Halvarsson Peter P Mikolajewski Dirk J DJ Höglund Jacob J
PloS one 20170913 9
Presence or absence of predators selects for different kind of morphologies. Hence, we expect variation in traits that protect against predators to vary over geographical areas where predators vary in past and present abundance. Abdominal larval spines in dragonfly larvae provide protection against fish predators. We studied geographical variation in larval spine length of the dragonfly Leucorrhinia dubia across Western Europe using a phylogenetic approach. Larvae were raised in a common garden ...[more]