Status, habitat use and conservation of the scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio (charpentier) (odonata: coenagrionidae) in Britain and Ireland

• Published in: Biological conservation Vol. 68; no. 2; pp. 115 - 122
• Main Authors: Fox, A.D., Cham, S.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 1994; Elsevier
• Subjects: Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Coenagrionidae; conservation; Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife; Freshwater; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; habitat; Ischnura pumilio; Odonata; Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking; status; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Ireland; British Isles, England; British Isles; Eire; conservation; habitat; Ischnura pumilio; status; Coenagrionidae; Pond; Geographic distribution; Arthropoda; Insecta; Odonata; Habitat selection; Invertebrata; Animal conservation; Wetland; Ecological abundance; Rare species

The status and distribution of the rare and local scarce blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura pumilio in Britain and Ireland is reviewed from a national mapping survey. Although the species is now extinct from parts of East Anglia (where it was recorded early this century) and has experienced recent decli...