Odonata - Entomological Society of Latvia - Latvijas Daba
Odonata - Entomological Society of Latvia - Latvijas Daba
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6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
My thanks to my supervisor Pr<strong>of</strong>., Dr. Voldemārs Spuņģis (University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Riga,<br />
<strong>Latvia</strong>) for valuable advice and patient management <strong>of</strong> my work!<br />
Special thanks to Dr. Dmitry Telnov (<strong>Entomological</strong> <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Rīga, <strong>Latvia</strong>) for<br />
consultations and discussions in the scientific field and the practical and moral support and to<br />
Oskars Beikulis (Rīga, <strong>Latvia</strong>) for support in work with GIS!<br />
My thanks to Kristīne Greķe (Dzidriņas, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Ilze Salna (Ikšķile, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Ruslans<br />
Matrozis (Ornithological <strong>Society</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Riga, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Māris Lielkalns (Salacgrīva, <strong>Latvia</strong>),<br />
Zane Pīpkalēja (Sigulda, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Dr. Agnija Skuja (University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Riga, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Arkādijs<br />
Poppels (Riga, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Dr. Ivars Druvietis (University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Riga, <strong>Latvia</strong>), Kristaps Vilks<br />
(University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Latvia</strong>, Riga, <strong>Latvia</strong>) for various assistance and valuable suggestions useful in the<br />
preparation <strong>of</strong> the final version <strong>of</strong> this work!<br />
I am very grateful to all 94 people who delivered their dragonfly data for this work!<br />
I want to thank the Nature Conservation Agency and especially Rolands Auziņš and Jānis<br />
Strautnieks (both from Sigulda, <strong>Latvia</strong>) for the (sometimes unintentional) support during the<br />
research process and its promotion.<br />
My thanks Dr. Rafał Bernard (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland), Dr. Paweł<br />
Buczyński (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland), Dr. Vincent J. Kalkmann<br />
(Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Leiden, the Netherlands), Dr. Andrius Petrašiūnas (Vilnius<br />
University, Vilnius, Lithuania), Dr. Povilas Ivinskis (Institute <strong>of</strong> Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania),<br />
Dr. Jolanta Rimšaitė (Institute <strong>of</strong> Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania), Dr. Eduardas Budrys (Institute <strong>of</strong><br />
Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania), Dr. Giedrė Višinskienė (Institute <strong>of</strong> Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania),<br />
Dr. Rasa Bernotienė (Institute <strong>of</strong> Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania), Dr. Dalius Dapkus (Vilnius<br />
Pedagogical University, Vilnius, Lithuania), Vytautas Tamutis (Kaunas T. Ivanauskas Zoological<br />
Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania) and Dr. Mati Martin (University <strong>of</strong> Tartu, Tartu, Estonia) on<br />
providing scientific literature!<br />
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