Risky times? Mortality during emergence in two species of dragonflies (Odonata: Gomphidae, Libellulidae)

Aquatic Insects

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Jakob, Christiane ^a   Suhling, Frank ^b  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emergence; Emergence curves; Mortality; Onychogomphus uncatus; Orthetrum coerulescens; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); GOMPHIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; ONYCHOGOMPHUS UNCATUS; ORTHETRUM;

EID: 0038148932     PISSN: 01650424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/aqin.21.1.1.4537     Document Type: Article

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