Conserving dragonfly (odonata) assemblages relative to river dynamics in an African savanna game reserve

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 683-692

  Stewart, David A B ^a   Samways, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RIVER; SAVANNA;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BUBALUS; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MARTES ZIBELLINA; ODONATA; RIPARIA;

EID: 0031804474     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.96465.x     Document Type: Article

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