Agricultural areas represent one of the major ecosystems of the world. Intensification of
agricultural practices produced openfields characterized by low biological diversity …

Background Given their sensitivity to environmental alterations, odonates act as reliable
bioindicators to assess the effects of changes in freshwater ecosystems and associated …

Simple Summary Aquatic habitats in urban areas are often important for conservation of
local biodiversity. Although Odonata are widely used as ecological indicators of freshwater …

Aquatic insects are key to wetland ecological functioning, and the distribution of amphibious
insects such as Odonata jointly depends on environmental conditions in the aquatic and …

Floodplains are heterogeneous systems adjacent to large rivers periodically flooded by
water originating from the river's lateral flow. During floods, the water flows into the …

Freshwater ecosystems, recognized as hotspots of biodiversity, are under increasing threat
from human activities. Odonata, the iconic inhabitants of these ecosystems, are highly …

Stormwater ponds are constructed to receive urban runoff and regulate flooding of built
areas. As a result, they can be more stressful habitats for aquatic organisms than natural …

Abstract Oxygastra curtisii (Dale, 1834) is an Odonate species of EU conservation priority
('Habitat'directive Annex II and IV). In Italy, knowledge about its distribution is fragmentary …