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The cyclicity of population dynamics of abundance has been analyzed in sympatric adult populations of three odonate species monitored for long time (1980–2010) in the Lake Chany basin (Western Siberia). The spectra of odonate population dynamics have been constructed for the first time and shown to be species-specific: each species has its own population cycles, and if the cycles are similar, interspecific differences manifest themselves in the relative power of these cycles. These differences provide for separation of species in time, reducing the stress of competition between them. The population rhythms of all studied species show synchronicity with natural rhythms that are important to them, such as fluctuations of climatic parameters (2–3 year cycles) and hydrological parameters of Lake Chany (2–4-year cycles).
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Original Russian Text © O.N. Popova, A.Yu. Haritonov, L.N. Erdakov, 2016, published in Ekologiya, 2016, No. 1, pp. 62–70.
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Popova, O.N., Haritonov, A.Y. & Erdakov, L.N. Cyclicity of long-term population dynamics in damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Odonata, Zygoptera) in the Lake Chany basin. Russ J Ecol 47, 74–81 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413616010112
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