Focus on African freshwaters: Hotspots of dragonfly diversity and conservation concern

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 129-134

  Clausnitzer, Viola ^a   Dijkstra, Klaas Douwe B ^b   Koch, Robert ^c   Boudot, Jean Pierre ^d   Darwall, William R T ^e   Kipping, Jens ^f   Samraoui, Boudjéma ^g,h   Samways, Michael J ⁱ   Simaika, John P ⁱ   Suhling, Frank ^c  

^a SENCKENBERG MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY GÖRLITZ   (Germany)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^d Faculté des Sciences et Technologies   (France)

^e Species Programme   (United Kingdom)

^f Naturkundemuseum Mauritianum Altenburg ^*  (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GUELMA   (Algeria)

^h KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DAMSELFLY; DRAGONFLY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; RED LIST; RESEARCH WORK; SITE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL FOREST; UPLAND REGION; WATERSHED;

CAMEROON; ETHIOPIA; KENYA; NIGERIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); HEXAPODA; INSECTA; ODONATA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 84859305448     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110247     Document Type: Review

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