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CONTENTS
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1
Checklist
2
The British and Irish Odonata in a European context 6
History of recording
Fieldwork and data management 14
Methods of recording
14
Description of data set
15
Coverage
24
Species accounts and maps
25
Introduction to the species accounts 25
Resident species
28
Species recorded in the Channel Islands but not in Britain or Ireland 110
Immigrants and accidental species
111
Possible additions to the British and Irish dragonfly fauna 113
Seasonal occurrence
115
Previous representations of flight periods 115
Current data and future studies
Main and outlying flight periods
115
Regional variation in flight periods
121
Future recording
Dragonflies and nature conservation 126
Literature and references 132
Sources of information
132
Larval identification
132
References used in this Atlas
132
Appendix 1 Glossary
Appendix 2. List of plant names
Index to species
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