Effects of short term pollution on the level of fluctuating asymmetry - A case study using damselflies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Hardersen, Sönke ^a   Frampton, Chris M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Emergence; Fluctuating asymmetry; Insecticide; Odonata

Indexed keywords

DAMSELFLY; FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING;

COENAGRIONIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ODONATA; XANTHOCNEMIS; XANTHOCNEMIS ZEALANDICA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0032831528     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1570-7458.1999.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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