Local Habitat Features, but Not Isolation, Shape Alpine Odonate Assemblages: Implications for Modelling and Conservation

Human impacts and climate change are intensifying the fragmentation of freshwater habitats, raising concerns about the ability of aquatic species to disperse between increasingly isolated habitat patches. To explore these dynamics, we used dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) as a model taxon to examine how two principles of island biogeography—habitat isolation and quality—shape the community assembly of freshwater insects in a topographically diverse mountainous landscape.

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  2025

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  Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity

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  2025-10-01

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  DOI 10.1111/ddi.70110
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