Patterns of movement and dispersal in an endangered damselfly and the consequences for its management

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 692-701

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coenagrion mercuriale; Conservation; Density dependence; Inverse density dependence; Landscape connectivity; Metapopulations; Odonata

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FLY; HABITAT RESTORATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; ITCHEN RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COENAGRION MERCURIALE; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 34249108905     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01284.x     Document Type: Article

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