Threats to dragonflies on land islands can be as great as those on oceanic islands

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1145-1151

  Samways, Michael J ^a   Pryke, James S ^a   Simaika, John P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cape floristic region; Conservation; Dragonflies; Island Biogeography Theory; Land islands; Oceanic islands; Threats

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DRAGONFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FLORISTICS; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; SAVANNA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES);

EID: 79951810858     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.034     Document Type: Article

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