Contribution to the knowledge of Odonata fauna of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Bobiri Forest Reserve, Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary and Ankasa Forest Reserve (southern Ghana)
- Using a qualitative sampling approach to survey for Odonata along water systems inside and outside of four major protected areas in Southern Ghana (viz; Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ankasa Forest Reserve, Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary and Bobiri Forest Reserve), a total of 66 Odonata species in seven families encompassing 28 Zygoptera and 38 Anisoptera were recorded. Libellulidae (n= 36) exhibited the highest number of species, followed by Coenagrionidae (n= 10), and Calopterygidae (n= 5). In considering the observed number of species exhibited by each protected area, the Atewa Range Forest Reserve exhibited the highest number of species (n= 51), followed by the Ankasa Forest Reserve (n= 47), the Owabi Wildlife Sanctuary (n= 44) and Bobiri Forest Reserve (n= 43). Disturbance tolerance species dominated in habitats outside the various forest reserves, whiles forest specialists predominated inside the reserves, indicating the quality of the forest cover therein.
Verfasserangaben: | Issah Seidu, Bukari Saphianu, Martin Kusi Manu, David Amaning Kwarteng |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-640331 |
URL: | http://www.dragonflyfund.org/images/reports/IDF_Report_143_Seidu_et_al_2020.pdf |
ISSN: | 1435-3393 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Deutsch): | International Dragonfly Fund : Report |
Schriftenreihe (Bandnummer): | IDF-Report : newsletter of the International Dragonfly Fund (143) |
Verlag: | International Dragonfly Fund e.V. |
Verlagsort: | Zerf, Germany |
Dokumentart: | Ausgabe (Heft) zu einer Zeitschrift |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online): | 10.01.2020 |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 10.01.2020 |
Veröffentlichende Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 10.11.2021 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | Odonata; Ponds; Riverine; Southern Ghana; Water systems; efficiency of protection regimes; forest degrading; importance of closed canopy; specialist and opportunistic taxa; species turnover |
Jahrgang: | 2020 |
Ausgabe / Heft: | 143 |
Seitenzahl: | 24 |
Erste Seite: | 1 |
Letzte Seite: | 20 |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Lizenz (Deutsch): | Deutsches Urheberrecht |