Ecology and conservation of Dragonflies (Odonata) in farmland ponds

This research is focused on the ecology and conservation of Odonata on farmland ponds in the Upper Thames and aims to:

1. Produce a database of the distribution and abundance of Odonata populations on the Upper Thames area, concentrating primarily on farmland ponds.

2. Assess current methodologies of dragonfly surveying and the implications for conservation of using different methods.

3. Identify physical and biological features of ponds that correlate with good Odonata populations, and also to assess what features correlate with poor or missing populations.

3. Identify what landscape characteristics and management practices in relation to Agri-Environment Schemes are associated with Odonata diversity by assessing different land-uses at several spatial scales

This project is a collaboration between WildCRU and the University of Liverpool