Effects of ditch management patterns on Odonata at Wicken Fen, Cambridgeshire, UK

Biological Conservation

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Painter, Duncan ^a  

^a Sackville Place ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ditch; Macrophyte; Management; Odonata; Reeds; Rotational

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DITCH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, CAMBRIDGESHIRE, WICKEN FEN;

ODONATA;

EID: 0032080363     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00095-5     Document Type: Article

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