Identifying high-quality pond habitats for Odonata in lowland England: Implications for agri-environment schemes

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 422-432

  Raebel, Eva M ^a,b   Merckx, Thomas ^a   Feber, Ruth E ^a   Riordan, Philip ^a   MacDonald, David W ^a   Thompson, David J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscapes; Buffer strips; Exuviae; Farmland ponds; Freshwater conservation; Odonates; Pond quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866546753     PISSN: 1752458X     EISSN: 17524598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4598.2011.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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