Abundance patterns of dragonflies along a wetland buffer

Wetlands

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 878-883

  Bried, Jason T ^a,b   Ervin, Gary N ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult dragonflies; Aquatic invertebrates; Biological indicators; Odonata; Wetland buffers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADULT; BUFFER ZONE; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; WETLAND;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); CELITHEMIS EPONINA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33845729827     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/0277-5212(2006)26[878:APODAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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