Relationships between the presence of odonate species and environmental characteristics in lowland ponds of central Italy

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 81-87

  Carchini, G ^a   Della Bella, V ^b   Solimini, A G ^a   Bazzanti, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Macrophytes; Nitrogen; Odonata; Permanent and temporary ponds

Indexed keywords

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPHEMERAL POOL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AESHNIDAE; COENAGRIONIDAE; LESTES BARBARUS; LESTIDAE; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA;

EID: 34447116386     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2007020     Document Type: Article

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