Odonate assemblages of running waters in the Upper Guinean forest

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 397-412

  Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B ^a   Lempert, Jochen ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Forest; Ghana; Habitats; Indicators; Liberia; Odonata; Running waters; Upper Guinea; West Africa

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; ECOLOGICAL ZONATION; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

GHANA; LIBERIA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 0038268562     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2003/0157-0397     Document Type: Article

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