Patch area of macrophyte Stratioites aloides as a critical resource for declining dragonfly Aeshna viridis

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 393-398

  Suhonen, Jukka ^a,b   Suutari, Erna ^a   Kaunisto, Kari M ^b   Krams, Indrikis ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c DAUGAVPILS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density dependence; Habitat quality; Occupation of patch; Odonata; Patch size

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRAGONFLY; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROPHYTE; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE;

FINLAND; LATVIA;

AESHNA VIRIDIS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ODONATA; STRATIOTES ALOIDES;

EID: 84875054834     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9521-0     Document Type: Article

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