Promoting dragonfly diversity in cities: Major determinants and implications for urban pond design

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 399-409

  Goertzen, Diana ^a   Suhling, Frank ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Freshwater biodiversity; Urban ponds; Vegetation; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DISTURBANCE; DRAGONFLY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN; WATERFOWL;

DORTMUND; GERMANY; NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA;

ANATIDAE; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ISCHNURA ELEGANS;

EID: 84875055593     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-012-9522-z     Document Type: Article

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