Forests and dragonflies
Subtitle: fourth WDA International Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra (Spain), July 2005
By: edited by Adolfo Cordero Rivera.
Contributors: Cordero Rivera, Adolfo.; Worldwide Dragonfly Association.
Series: Pensoft series faunistica -- no. 61
Publisher: Pensoft
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Sofia; Moscow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9789546422781
Subjects: Dragonflies -- Ecology -- Congresses.; Forest ecology -- Congresses.; Dragonflies -- Conservation -- Congresses.; Insect-plant relationships -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Subtitle on cover: 4th WDA International Symposium of Odonatology, Pontevedra (Spain), July 2005.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Dragonflies as forest-dependent animals / Adolfo Cordero Rivera; title: Forests as habitats for dragonflies (Odonata) / P.S. Corbet; title: Allochthonous organic matter as a food resource for aquatic invertebrates in forested streams / M. Graça; title: Odonata in Bornean tropical rain forest formations : diversity, endemicity and implications for conservation management / A.G. Orr; title: The importance of forests to neotropical dragonflies / D. Paulson; title: Use of forest and tree species, and dispersal by giant damselflies (Pseudostigmatidae) : future prospects in fragmented forests / O.M. Fincke; title: Thoughts from Africa : how can forest influence species composition, diversity and speciation in tropical Odonata? / K.-D. Dijkstra & V. Clausnitzer; title: Specialists vs. generalists among dragonflies - the importance of forest environments in the formation of diverse species pools / G. Sahlén; title: Dragonfly habitat maps based on landcover and habitat relation models / Y. Tsubaki & N. Tsuji; title: Threat levels to odonate assemblages from invasive alien tree canopies / M. Samways; title: Movement behaviours of a forest odonate in two heterogeneous landscapes / Ph. Taylor; title: The structure of the Coenagrion mercuriale populations in the New Forest, southern England / D.J. Thompson & Ph. C. Watts; title: Mate location and competition for mates in relation to sunflecks of forest floors / M. Watanabe; title: Differences in immune ability in forest habitats of varying quality : dragonflies as study models / A. Córdoba-Aguilar & J. Contreras-Garduño; title: The present role and future promise of conservation genetics for forest odonates / H. Hadrys.