Study design and mark-recapture estimates of dispersal: A case study with the endangered damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Hassall, Christopher ^a   Thompson, David John ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Damselfly; Dispersal; Dragonfly; Mark release recapture; Movement; Study design

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMSELFLY; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COENAGRION MERCURIALE; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84855497964     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-011-9399-2     Document Type: Article

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