Pantala flavescens (Insecta: Odonata) rides west winds into ngulu atoll, micronesia: Evidence of seasonality and wind-assisted dispersal

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Buden, Donald W ^a  

^a USDA Land Grant Program   (Federated States of Micronesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOLL; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; DRAGONFLY; MIGRATION; NEW RECORD; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEASONALITY; WESTERLY; WIND;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; MICRONESIA; NGULU; YAP;

ANAX; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INSECTA; ODONATA; PANTALA FLAVESCENS;

EID: 77952644679     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.141     Document Type: Article

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