LIBÉLULAS: HIJAS DEL AGUA, HADAS DEL AIRE.; Dirección científica: Melissa Sánchez Herrera. Investigación gráfica: Karim León Vargas.
Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario, 2022. b/w and color plates, facs., tbls., meas. draws., diags., gloss., bibliographical references (pages 173-178) and index, illus. endpapers, color pict. boards. Item #118433
The present book deals with the insects of the order Odonata, that includes dragonflies and damsels. It contains agile texts written by experts and about two hundred images -scientific illustrations and current photographs-, as well as paintings and engravings going as far back as the tenth century. The book treats the complex life cycle of these insects which spans water, air, and land: from courtship to copulation, from eggs to larvae or aquatic nymphs from which this lively flyer and hunter emerges. It describes the rich diversity, in shapes, colors and behaviors, of the 6,500 species of odonates around the world, their role in ecosystems and the threats that imperil them. The ancestry of this order is traced back to a group, now extinct, of much larger animals called Protodonata, which lived before the dinosaurs. The text discusses the strong fascination that these insects have elicited in many cultures, past and present, many of which assign them a symbolic value. CONTENTS: Presentación / Alejandro Cheyne García, rector de la Universidad del Rosario -- Parte 1. Las libélulas, sobrevivientes del periodo Carbonífero / Emilio Realpe Rebolledo -- Parte 2. Biología de las libélulas -- Los odonatos / Melissa Sánchez Herrera -- Cortejo y copula / Adolfo Cordero Rivera -- Vida dentro del agua y conquista del aire / Adolfo Cordero Rivera -- Los colores de las libélulas / Melissa Sánchez Herrera -- Migración de las libélulas / Jessica L. Ware y Melissa Sánchez Herrera -- Parte 3. Diversidad de libélulas / Melissa Sánchez Herrera -- Parte 4. Ecología y conservación -- Importancia ecológica de las libélulas y amenazas que las acechan / Catalina María Suárez Tovar -- Libélulas y cambio climático. El caso del Ártico / Manpreet Kaur Kohli -- El cambio climático y las libélulas de las montañas colombianas / Cornelio Bota Sierra -- Parte 5. Representaciones de las libélulas en las culturas / Karim León Vargas.
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