Landscape variation in the larval density of a bromeliad-dwelling zygopteran, Mecistogaster modesta (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae)

International Journal of Odonatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-79

  Srivastava, Diane S ^a   Melnychuk, Michael C ^a   Ngai, Jacqueline T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dragonfly; Habitat size; Odonata; Phytotelmata; Population estimates; Premontane rain forest; Primary forest; Pseudostigmatidae; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995670568     PISSN: 13887890     EISSN: 21596719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13887890.2005.9748244     Document Type: Article

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