The odonata of numidia, northeastern algeria part ii seasonal ecology

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-39

  Samraoui, Boudjéma ^a   Corbet, Philip S ^b  

^a BADJI MOKHTAR UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Dragonfly; Geographic variation; Northeastern Algeria; Odonata; Phenology; Seasonal ecology; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038110424     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.2000.9748134     Document Type: Article

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