Conservation of an endemic odonate fauna in the Seychelles archipelago

Odonatologica

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-182

  Samways, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SEYCHELLES;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0038170237     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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