A century on from <i>The Biology of Dragonflies</i> by Tillyard 1917: what have we learned since then?

Khelifa, Rassim; Theischinger, Günther; Endersby, Ian

doi:10.1111/aen.12254

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“…Thus, they play a crucial role in ecosystem functioning and human well-being. They have been studied for more than a century [ 16 ], and are extensively used in ecological and evolutionary research [ 17 ]. For instance, their sensitivity and rapid response to warming and environmental disturbance make them a good barometer of climate change and anthropogenic disturbance [ 18 ].…”

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EcoDragons: A Game for Environmental Education and Public Outreach

Khelifa

Mahdjoub

2021

Insects

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Environmental education is crucial to tackling the pressing ecological and societal issues on our planet. Although there are various ways to approach environmental education and raise public awareness, games are potentially an effective vehicle of knowledge and engagement because they vulgarize the scientific information in a universal ‘language’ and bring people together. Here, we designed a game, EcoDragons, that integrates principles of ecology, biological conservation, life history, and taxonomy. The protagonists of the game are dragonflies and damselflies. The aim of the game is to colonize habitats with different species and use ecological processes (e.g., predation, competition, and mutualism) and conservation measures (e.g., restoration and reintroduction) to face random environmental disturbances (e.g., climate warming, drought, pollution, and biological invasion). The version of the game presented in this paper was based on European species. The game includes 50 species (25 dragonflies and 25 damselflies). The winner of the game is the one who occupies more habitats, establishes and maintains the largest number of species, and solves more anthropogenic disturbances. EcoDragons has a global outreach potential to educate the public about ecology, conservation, and organismic life history, and will probably engage people in environmental advocacy.

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EcoDragons: A Game for Environmental Education and Public Outreach

Khelifa

Mahdjoub

2021

Insects

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It's time for action: the need for national action plans for insects and other invertebrates

Braby

2017

Austral Entomology

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Threatened species conservation of invertebrates in Australia: an overview

Braby

2018

Austral Entomology

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Invertebrates make up about 80% of all species, yet they rarely attract conservation attention compared to the more ‘charismatic’ vertebrates such as birds and mammals. Threatened species conservation, a field of conservation biology in which individual species are targeted for protection and conservation management, complements the landscape approach to biodiversity conservation and could be used more effectively to promote the plight of threatened or imperilled invertebrates given the global biodiversity crisis and estimated rates of anthropogenic species extinction. In this overview, steps in the species‐oriented conservation process are outlined, including conservation status evaluation, listing under legislation, preparation of Action and Recovery Plans, recovery actions, recovery teams and monitoring, in order to prevent extinction or minimise risk of extinction. The process is not without its challenges, but it does provide valuable information that is not always obtainable with the protection and management of threatened ecological communities and habitats. However, to be most effective, a more strategic approach to listing species is required. It is recommended that more national Action Plans, either of higher taxonomic groups or of ‘indicator’ species – suites of species indicative of threatened ecological communities, habitats, biomes, key threatening processes, co‐dependent threatened host species or short‐range endemics – are needed. These plans would provide a national overview of threatened and imperilled invertebrates in conservation need that is far more comprehensive than presently available. A detailed national list of threatened invertebrate species could then be promoted (and nominated for listing under the EPBC Act) for greater conservation advocacy.

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A century on from The Biology of Dragonflies by Tillyard 1917: what have we learned since then?

Cited by 3 publications

References 56 publications

EcoDragons: A Game for Environmental Education and Public Outreach

EcoDragons: A Game for Environmental Education and Public Outreach

It's time for action: the need for national action plans for insects and other invertebrates

Threatened species conservation of invertebrates in Australia: an overview

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