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From: Individual variability in habitat selection by aquatic insects is driven by taxonomy rather than specialisation

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Overall habitat preferences of the study taxa. Proportion of occurrences in six habitat types (fish and fishless pools without macrophytes, with submersed and floating macrophytes, or with submersed, floating plus littoral macrophytes) in backswimmers (Notonecta glauca, N. obliqua) and diving beetles (Dytiscus marginalis, Acilius sulcatus). Notonecta glauca and D. marginalis represent habitat generalists, while N. obliqua and A. sulcatus are species specialised for life in fishless habitats, as they are vulnerable to fish predation. Error bars show the variance in preferences of individuals for each habitat type among individual blocks; n is the number of individuals entering the analysis.

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