Frank Johansson
Professor at Department of Ecology and Genetics; Animal Ecology
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 64 88
- E-mail:
- Frank.Johansson@ebc.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Evolutionsbiologiskt centrum (EBC)
Norbyvägen 18 D - Postal address:
- Norbyvägen 18 D
752 36 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Professor in Conservation Biology. My research focuses on: 1) Effects of the microbial agent Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis (Bti) on terrestrial ecosystems, 2) Conservation ecology of urban ponds, 3) Potential responses to climate change: from genotype to community level. For more information, see my webpage.
I am course responsible for the course Ecology and Population genetics. I also teach Behavioural Ecology and Ecological Methods.
Biography
Head of of Animal Ecology Program, Dept. Ecology and Evolution, Uppsala University, 2021-to the present.
Professor, Animal Conservation Biology, Dept. Ecology and Genetics, 2012-to the present
Professor, Ecology, Umeå University, 2007-2011.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Animal Ecology, Umeå University, 1993.

Publications
Selection of publications
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Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
- Download full text (pdf) of Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
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Predation selects for smaller eye size in a vertebrate: effects of environmental conditions and sex
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
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Part of Ecography, p. 309-320, 2019
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The Rate of Seasonal Changes in Temperature Alters Acclimation of Performance under Climate Change
Part of American Naturalist, p. 743-761, 2017
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Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 187-198, 2016
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Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1595, 2016
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Ontogenetic changes in genetic variances of age-dependent plasticity along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Heredity, p. 366-378, 2015
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Competitive interactions modify the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology, p. 1394-1406, 2014
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 5608-5623, 2013
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Latitudinally structured variation in the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 64-71, 2013
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Part of Ecology, p. 1340-1352, 2012
Recent publications
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Temperature-driven shifts in foraging behaviour during larval development in a dragonfly
Part of Scientific Reports, 2026
- DOI for Temperature-driven shifts in foraging behaviour during larval development in a dragonfly
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Part of Freshwater Biology, 2026
- DOI for Potential Effects of Climate Warming on Density-Dependent Growth and Mortality in a Cannibalistic Ectotherm (Sympetrum vulgatum: Odonata)
- Download full text (pdf) of Potential Effects of Climate Warming on Density-Dependent Growth and Mortality in a Cannibalistic Ectotherm (Sympetrum vulgatum: Odonata)
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Part of Urban Ecosystems, 2025
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Landscape connectivity and genetic structure of animal populations in urban ponds
Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 703-714, 2025
- DOI for Landscape connectivity and genetic structure of animal populations in urban ponds
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Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1027-1039, 2024
- DOI for Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Temperature-driven shifts in foraging behaviour during larval development in a dragonfly
Part of Scientific Reports, 2026
- DOI for Temperature-driven shifts in foraging behaviour during larval development in a dragonfly
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Part of Freshwater Biology, 2026
- DOI for Potential Effects of Climate Warming on Density-Dependent Growth and Mortality in a Cannibalistic Ectotherm (Sympetrum vulgatum: Odonata)
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Part of Urban Ecosystems, 2025
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Landscape connectivity and genetic structure of animal populations in urban ponds
Part of Conservation Genetics, p. 703-714, 2025
- DOI for Landscape connectivity and genetic structure of animal populations in urban ponds
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Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1027-1039, 2024
- DOI for Disentangling drivers of temporal changes in urban pond macroinvertebrate diversity
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Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 114-122, 2024
- DOI for Species-genetic diversity correlation in a metacommunity of urban pond invertebrates
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Effects of temperature and resource level on interspecific interactions in two species of Odonata larvae
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Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
Part of BMC Ecology and Evolution, 2024
- DOI for Phylogeography and phenotypic wing shape variation in a damselfly across populations in Europe
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Part of Avian Research, 2023
- DOI for A crowd-sourced genomic project to assess hybrid content in a rare avian vagrant (Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus (Pallas, 1770))
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 368-380, 2023
- DOI for Mixed support for an alignment between phenotypic plasticity and genetic differentiation in damselfly wing shape
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Phenological Shifts in a Warming World Affect Physiology and Life History in a Damselfly
Part of Insects, 2022
- DOI for Phenological Shifts in a Warming World Affect Physiology and Life History in a Damselfly
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Part of Environmental Entomology, p. 910-921, 2022
- DOI for Pushed Northward by Climate Change: Range Shifts With a Chance of Co-occurrence Reshuffling in the Forecast for Northern European Odonates
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Part of Ecology and Evolution, 2022
- DOI for Remaining forests on the Central Highlands of Madagascar: Endemic and endangered aquatic beetle fauna uncovered
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Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 460-474, 2022
- DOI for The effect of temperature and behaviour on the interaction between two dragonfly larvae species within the native and expanded range
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Microplastic exposure across trophic levels: effects on the host microbiota of freshwater organisms
Part of Environmental Microbiome, 2022
- DOI for Microplastic exposure across trophic levels: effects on the host microbiota of freshwater organisms
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Weak effects on growth and cannibalism under fluctuating temperatures in damselfly larvae
Part of Scientific Reports, 2022
- DOI for Weak effects on growth and cannibalism under fluctuating temperatures in damselfly larvae
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Part of Journal of Tropical Ecology, p. 17-24, 2022
- DOI for Wing shape differences along a migration route of the long-distance migrant Globe Skimmer Dragonfly Pantala flavescens
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Biodiversity in urban blue space- increasing knowledge and species richness
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 1-3, 2022
- DOI for Biodiversity in urban blue space- increasing knowledge and species richness
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Part of Environmental Pollution, 2021
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Spatio-temporal variation in water beetle assemblages across temperate freshwater ecosystems
Part of Science of the Total Environment, 2021
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Size-mediated priority effects are trait-dependent and consistent across latitudes in a damselfly
Part of Oikos, p. 1535-1547, 2021
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The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds
Part of Basic and Applied Ecology, p. 129-145, 2021
- DOI for The importance of blue and green landscape connectivity for biodiversity in urban ponds
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Part of Evolution, p. 464-475, 2021
- DOI for Natural selection mediated by seasonal time constraints increases the alignment between evolvability and developmental plasticity
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Body and wing size, but not wing shape, vary along a large-scale latitudinal gradient in a damselfly
Part of Scientific Reports, 2021
- DOI for Body and wing size, but not wing shape, vary along a large-scale latitudinal gradient in a damselfly
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Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Can information from citizen science data be used to predict biodiversity in stormwater ponds?
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Part of Scientific Reports, 2020
- DOI for Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
- Download full text (pdf) of Temperate insects with narrow seasonal activity periods can be as vulnerable to climate change as tropical insect species
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Part of Journal of ethology, p. 365-371, 2020
- DOI for Preference for supernormal stimuli tends to override initially learned associations for conspicuous prey traits: implications from a laboratory study
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Part of Freshwater Science, p. 804-811, 2020
- DOI for Effects of predator cues carry over from egg and larval stage to adult life-history traits in a damselfly
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Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 497-506, 2020
- DOI for High variation in last male sperm precedence and genital morphology in the emerald damselfly, Lestes sponsa
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Socio-economic impacts of marine conservation efforts in three Indonesian fishing communities
Part of Marine Policy, p. 59-67, 2019
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Part of Ecological Indicators, 2019
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Let's mate here and now - seasonal constraints increase mating efficiency
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 623-629, 2019
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Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 637-648, 2019
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Predation selects for smaller eye size in a vertebrate: effects of environmental conditions and sex
Part of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences, 2019
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Predator species related adaptive changes in larval growth and digestive physiology
Part of Journal of insect physiology, p. 23-29, 2019
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Predation risk affects egg mortality and carry over effects in the larval stages in damselflies
Part of Freshwater Biology, p. 778-786, 2019
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Part of Ecography, p. 309-320, 2019
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Effects of predation stress and food ration on perch gut microbiota
Part of Microbiome, 2018
- DOI for Effects of predation stress and food ration on perch gut microbiota
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 853-865, 2018
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The interaction between predation risk and food ration on behavior and morphology of Eurasian perch
Part of Ecology and Evolution, p. 8567-8577, 2017
- DOI for The interaction between predation risk and food ration on behavior and morphology of Eurasian perch
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Physiological mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity in Rana temporaria island populations
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
- DOI for Physiological mechanisms of adaptive developmental plasticity in Rana temporaria island populations
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Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2017
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Phylogeography and larval spine length of the dragonfly Leucorhinia dubia in Europe
Part of PLOS ONE, 2017
- DOI for Phylogeography and larval spine length of the dragonfly Leucorhinia dubia in Europe
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Part of Ecological Indicators, p. 422-431, 2017
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Part of Aquatic Toxicology, p. 70-77, 2017
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Part of Urban Ecosystems, p. 1209-1220, 2017
- DOI for Is there a relationship between socio-economic factors and biodiversity in urban ponds?: A study in the city of Stockholm
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The Rate of Seasonal Changes in Temperature Alters Acclimation of Performance under Climate Change
Part of American Naturalist, p. 743-761, 2017
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Part of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, p. 107-114, 2017
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Part of Ecology of Freshwater Fish, p. 643-652, 2017
- DOI for Lack of trophic polymorphism despite substantial genetic differentiation in sympatric brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations
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The price of looking sexy: visual ecology of a three-level predator–prey system
Part of Functional Ecology, p. 707-718, 2017
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Genetic differentiation in the boreal dragonfly Leucorrhinia dubia in the Palearctic region
Part of Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, p. 294-304, 2017
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Part of Canadian Journal of Zoology, p. 41-47, 2016
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Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 237-246, 2016
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Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 187-198, 2016
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Antagonistic natural and sexual selection on wing shape in a scrambling damselfly
Part of Evolution, p. 1582-1595, 2016
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Changing the habitat: the evolution of inter-correlated traits to escape from predators
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1394-1405, 2016
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Part of Oikos, p. 414-423, 2016
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Effects of management intensity, function and vegetation on the biodiversity in urban ponds
Part of Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, p. 103-112, 2016
- DOI for Effects of management intensity, function and vegetation on the biodiversity in urban ponds
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A large-scale latitudinal pattern of life-history traits in a strictly univoltine damselfly
Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 459-472, 2016
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Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 242-256, 2016
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Part of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, p. 426-431, 2015
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Relaxed predation results in reduced phenotypic integration in a suite of dragonflies
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1354-1363, 2015
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Bird predation selects for wing shape and coloration in a damselfly
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 791-799, 2015
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Ontogenetic changes in genetic variances of age-dependent plasticity along a latitudinal gradient
Part of Heredity, p. 366-378, 2015
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A preliminary study on female-limited colour polymorphism in Lestes sponsa
Part of INT J ODONATOL, p. 89-93, 2014
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Competitive interactions modify the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology, p. 1394-1406, 2014
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Part of Ecological Entomology, p. 137-148, 2014
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Part of Animal Behaviour, p. 1-7, 2014
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Wing shape allometry and aerodynamics in calopterygid damselflies: a comparative approach
Part of BMC Evolutionary Biology, p. 118, 2013
- DOI for Wing shape allometry and aerodynamics in calopterygid damselflies: a comparative approach
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Part of Molecular Ecology, p. 5608-5623, 2013
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Habitat variation and wing coloration affect wing shape evolution in dragonflies
Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 1866-1874, 2013
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No evidence that stickleback spines directly increase risk of predation by an invertebrate predator
Part of Evolutionary Ecology Research, p. 189-198, 2013
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Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 579-591, 2013
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Part of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, p. 135-143, 2013
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Latitudinally structured variation in the temperature dependence of damselfly growth rates
Part of Ecology Letters, p. 64-71, 2013
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Part of Ecological Monographs, p. 491-510, 2013
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Part of Ecography, p. 744-755, 2013
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Growth Pattern Responses to Photoperiod across Latitudes in a Northern Damselfly
Part of PLOS ONE, 2012
- DOI for Growth Pattern Responses to Photoperiod across Latitudes in a Northern Damselfly
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Part of Ecology, p. 1340-1352, 2012
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Part of Evolutionary Ecology, p. 863-878, 2012
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Part of Conservation Genetics Resources, p. 191-196, 2012
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Hind wing shape evolves faster than front wing shape in Calopteryx damselflies
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 116-125, 2012
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Part of Journal of Evolutionary Biology, p. 2696-2704, 2011
Articles, review/survey
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A potential pitfall in studies of biological shape: Does size matter?
Part of Journal of Animal Ecology, p. 1447-1457, 2017
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Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 494-503, 2013
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The Evolution of Wing Shape in Ornamented-Winged Damselflies (Calopterygidae, Odonata)
Part of Evolutionary biology, p. 300-309, 2013
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Predator-induced morphological defences as by-products of prey behaviour: a review and prospectus
Part of Oikos, p. 1175-1190, 2012
Chapters in book
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Odonata as focal taxa for biological responses to climate change
Part of Dragonflies and Damselflies, p. 385-400, Oxford University Press, 2023
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Urban ponds for people and by people
Part of Urban Landscape Ecology, p. 164-180, Routledge, 2016