Habitat associations of the endangered damselfly, Coenagrion mercuriale, in a water meadow ditch system in southern England

Biological Conservation

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 225-235

  Rouquette, James R ^a   Thompson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coenagrion mercuriale; Conservation; Generalized linear models; Habitat; Odonata

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMSELFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; ITCHEN VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

COENAGRION MERCURIALE; COENAGRIONIDAE; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 15944389550     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2004.11.011     Document Type: Article

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