The increasing use of dragonflies and damselflies as models in studies on biodiversity in the last decades has unraveled several features of natural processes and mechanisms for species conservation. Nevertheless, biodiversity is a polysemic concept that resolves multiple dimensions that, together, enroll what we observe as species and lineages diversity. One of these dimensions is Ethodiversity, which may represent the individual diversity of behavioral traits and higher organization levels. Hence, measures of Ethodiversity may be used as indicator tools to measure such dimensions of biodiversity. However, we still lack methods and protocols to measure this diversity. Therefore, here we addressed whether damselfly behaviors may act as indicators of environmental impacts. We collected behavioral data of 120 males in two sites, one in an ecological reserve and another in an impacted habitat. Our results show differences in behavioral syndromes and behavioral integrity when comparing populations in impacted and conserved environments. In conclusion, we hope that these results stimulate future endeavors to create a methodological framework to assess behavioral diversity.

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Odonate ethdiversity 作为人为影响的生物指标

在过去的几十年里，蜻蜓和豆娘作为生物多样性研究的模型越来越多地使用，揭示了物种保护的自然过程和机制的几个特征。然而，生物多样性是一个多义的概念，它解决了多个维度，这些维度共同将我们观察到的物种和谱系多样性纳入其中。其中一个维度是Ethodiversity，它可能代表行为特征的个体多样性和更高的组织层次。因此，民族多样性的测量可用作衡量生物多样性这些维度的指标工具。然而，我们仍然缺乏衡量这种多样性的方法和协议。因此，在这里我们讨论了豆娘行为是否可以作为环境影响的指标。我们在两个地点收集了 120 名男性的行为数据，一个在生态保护区，另一个在受影响的栖息地。我们的结果显示，在比较受影响和受保护环境中的人群时，行为综合征和行为完整性存在差异。总之，我们希望这些结果能激发未来努力创建一个评估行为多样性的方法框架。