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Evaluating the effects of landscape configuration on site occupancy and movement dynamics of odonates in Iowa

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Odonates contribute highly to global biodiversity and are considered good indicators of environmental quality, but they are under-studied and quantitative information on their habitat associations is lacking. Our objective was to examine the effects of landscape configuration on site occupancy and movement dynamics of four odonate species in Iowa: Tramea onusta, Epitheca princeps, Pantala flavescens, and Calopteryx maculata. We conducted standardized visual encounter surveys for odonates at 233 public properties in Iowa from 2007 to 2011 and computed landscape variables within a 200, 600 m, and 1 km radius of each surveyed site. Using a robust design occupancy model in Program MARK, we estimated detection probability and site occupancy, site extinction, and site colonization probabilities for each species. We found few significant effects of landscape variables on site occupancy, extinction, or colonization, although landscape variables at 600 m were included in the best model for all species. Detection probability (SE) ranged from 0.30 (0.04) for Pantala flavescens to 0.49 (0.04) for Calopteryx maculata. Our study provides information to aid habitat restoration and management efforts on sites having suitable characteristics in the surrounding landscape and ultimately help conserve odonates.

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Acknowledgments

This project was funded by various State Wildlife Grants (T-6-R-1, T-6-R-2, T-6-R-3, T-6-R-4, and T-6-R-5) and a Landowner Incentive Program Grant under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. This project would not be possible without the assistance of P. Frese with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Special thanks to several field technicians for collecting data and staff with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources for logistical support. Staff with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and various County Conservation Boards across Iowa also provided logistical assistance and allowed access to their properties. Private landowners enrolled in the Landowner Incentive Program also allowed access to their properties.

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  1. Tyler M. Harms

    Present address: Center for Survey Statistics and Methodology, Iowa State University, 208 Office and Laboratory Building, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

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  1. Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, Iowa State University, 339 Science Hall II, Ames, IA, 50011, USA

    Tyler M. Harms & Stephen J. Dinsmore

  2. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife Diversity Program, 1436 255th Street, Boone, IA, 50036, USA

    Karen E. Kinkead

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Harms, T.M., Kinkead, K.E. & Dinsmore, S.J. Evaluating the effects of landscape configuration on site occupancy and movement dynamics of odonates in Iowa. J Insect Conserv 18, 307–315 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-014-9638-4

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