Captive breeding of Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden): Observations on longevity, copulation and oviposition (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 261-273

  Cooper, G ^a,b   Holland, P W H ^a,c   Miller, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

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