Influence of roadways on patterns of mortality and flight behavior of adult dragonflies near wetland areas

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1638-1643

  Soluk, Daniel A ^a   Zercher, Deanna S ^b   Worthington, Amy M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dragonflies; Mortality; Odonata; Roadkill

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISPERSAL; DRAGONFLY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROAD TRANSPORT; ROADKILL; WETLAND;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); LIBELLULA LUCTUOSA; ODONATA; PLATHEMIS LYDIA; TRAMEA LACERATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79956223510     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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