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Identifier	Thesis 2062
Author	Carson, Raquel R., 1983-
Title	Odonata conservation: evaluating methods and finding species correlations with landing plants
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Notes	Dragonfly and damselfly (Odonata) species are known to vary in abundance due to location. These variations are hypothesized to result from habitat differences in plant species available for landing (Abbott, 2001). This study will answer, in part, whether plant selection for landing preferences varies among Odonata species. Additionally, an important question relevant to understanding the ecology of Odonata and their conservation is how effectively current collection methods sample species richness and relative abundance in a variety of habitats. This study will answer how different sampling regimes performed at sampling species richness in different habitats. Air net collections were gathered through the months of June to August. Species richness curves were generated comparing habitat, plant landing site and expert versus non-expert collector using the Estimates Programs (Estimates). In addition plant landing sites were compared to plant abundance to see if a correlation was observed. The data indicates that non-expert collectors are better at finding both “rare” (unique species to the data set) species and total species richness than experts. The data suggest that lakes are the most productive habitat for Odonata collecting and that as effort and individual samples increase, species richness will increase. In species richness curves, lack of an asymptote in individual effort suggests that more samples are required to see total species richness, but uniques showed evidence of leveling-off in 10 days, at which point 15 rare species were collected among approximately 400 individual Odonates. There was no correlation between landing plant and species.
Subject	Odonata--Conservation
Department	Department of Biology
Advisor	King, Joshua R. 1974-
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	630725394
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