Human altered ecosystems: Suitable habitats as well as ecological traps for dragonflies (Odonata): The matter of scale

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-130

  Harabiš, Filip ^a   Dolný, Aleš ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Ecological traps; Habitat quality; Leucorrhinia pectoralis; Metapopulation dynamics; Odonata; Secondary habitats

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; METAPOPULATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SILESIAN; SPECIALIST;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INVERTEBRATA; LEUCORRHINIA PECTORALIS; ODONATA;

EID: 84855473033     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9400-0     Document Type: Article

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