Treeholes as larval habitat of the dragonfly Hadrothemis camarensis (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Kakamega Forest, Kenya

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 129-147

  Copeland, Robert S ^a,b,c   Okeka, Wilberforce ^d   Corbet, Philip S ^e  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b APO AE 09831 ^*  (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Box 88   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kenya; Larvae; Odonata; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001039230     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650429609361615     Document Type: Article

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