Fecundity and oviposition in Mortonagrion hirosei Asahina, M. selenion (Ris), Ischnura asiatica (Brauer) and I. senegalensis (Rambur), coexisting in estuarine landscapes of the warm temperate zone of Japan (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)

Odonatologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 159-166

  Watanabe, M ^a   Matsu'ura, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FECUNDITY; LANDSCAPE; OVIPOSITION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

COENAGRIONIDAE; HIROSEI ASAHINA; ISCHNURA; ISCHNURA ASIATICA; ISCHNURA SENEGALENSIS; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33744982394     PISSN: 03750183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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