Dragonfly species richness on man-made ponds: Effects of pond size and pond age on newly established assemblages

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-467

  Kadoya, Taku ^a   Suda, Shin Ichi ^a   Washitani, Izumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nestedness; Odonata; Random placement; Species diversity; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DRAGONFLY; IMMIGRATION; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA;

EID: 4344649102     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00659.x     Document Type: Article

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