Significance of temporal changes when designing a reservoir for conservation of dragonfly diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Suh, Augustine N ^a   Samways, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL PIETERMARITZBURG   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation; Dragonfly diversity; Odonata; Reservoir design; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DRAGONFLY; RESERVOIR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA; POACEAE;

EID: 14644396621     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-3652-5     Document Type: Article

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