How to enter a desert—patterns of Odonata colonisation of arid Namibia

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-308

  Suhling, Frank ^a   Martens, Andreas ^b   Marais, Eugène ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b University of Education Karlsruhe   (Germany)

^c National Museum of Namibia   (Namibia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biogeography; Breeding vs non breeding; Dragonfly; Incidental entering; Odonata; Relict distribution; River lines; Seasonal immigration; Spatial colonisation pathways

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA;

EID: 72349098197     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.2009.9748346     Document Type: Article

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