Dragonflies of Dragon's Blood Island: Atlas of the Odonata of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)

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Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00942-6" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00942-6</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12210-020-00942-6" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12210-020-00942-6</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Dragonflies of Dragon's Blood Island: Atlas of the Odonata of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)

Original language description

Dragonflies are important bioindicators of aquatic ecosystem health. We discuss the distribution and richness of the 22 dragon- and damselfly species known from the Socotra Archipelago UNESCO World Heritage Site (Yemen) in the western Indian Ocean. We compiled 841 records from literature, field data and museum collections, covering a surveying period of 123 years (1896-2019). Distribution of the only endemic, the Socotra BluetAzuragrion granti(McLachlan, 1903), an indicator of pristine lotic waters, is updated. Relatively higher dragonfly species richness occurs in eastern Socotra where suitable aquatic habitats are present all year. We observed a significant drop of the number of taxa over several decades in areas in the Hadiboh Plain where human development impacts are strongest. We discuss the indigenous people&apos;s perception of dragonflies to assess the potential of these invertebrates as local flagships for aquatic biodiversity conservation. Our knowledge of the Socotran Odonata remains incomplete, yet they are now among the best studied animal groups in the archipelago. A new record of an OrientalAnaxindicates that the island&apos;s dragonfly fauna may yet harbour surprises. Our compilation of odonate records is the first for Socotra and serves as a baseline for future monitoring of the archipelago&apos;s vital aquatic habitats. We converted all records into a geodatabase which we uploaded to an online, freely available web mapping server and mobile application to facilitate research and conservation of the Socotran dragonflies.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali

ISSN

2037-4631

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

31

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

IT - ITALY

Number of pages

35

Pages from-to

571-605

UT code for WoS article

000559354900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85089367557