Habitat characteristics and the distribution of Odonata in a lowland river catchment in eastern England

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 539, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-147

  Hofmann, Tanja A ^a   Mason, Christopher F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Damselflies; Dragonflies; Habitat requirements; Odonata; River management

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATCHMENTS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LAND USE; MICROORGANISMS; RIVERS;

ASSEMBLAGES; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; LONGITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION; LOWLAND RIVER;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA; PHRAGMITES; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 20144370972     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-3916-1     Document Type: Article

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