A field study of larval development in a dragonfly assemblage in African desert ponds (Odonata)

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 528, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 75-85

  Suhling, Frank ^a   Schenk, Kamilla ^a   Padeffke, Tanja ^a   Martens, Andreas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

colonisation sequence; emergence; growth rate; migration; Namibia; Odonata; temporary waters

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL PONDS; HABITAT-PERMANENCE GRADIENT (HPG);

ARID REGIONS; DATA REDUCTION; LIFE CYCLE; SAMPLING; WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EMERGENCE; EPHEMERAL POOL; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NAMIB DESERT; NAMIBIA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA;

EID: 7444259288     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-004-3047-8     Document Type: Article

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