This project thanks for its realization to Internal Grant Agency of Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (project registration number 20174213).
This database of traits has been founded and will be developed and updated to provide us with more understanding to interaction between dragonflies and their habitats. This purpose can help us with the protection of the endangered species.
Species list: includes species classification and center of distribution
Size and dispersal: Body Size, Hind wing length, Body mass of larvae and adults, Relative dispersal activity
Food and habitat: Trophic level, Hunting abilities, Habitat preference
Reproduction: Hibernation, Activity Time, Reproduction time
The database allows for comprehensive and complex search queries across several fields. Each row in the result set can be opened in a detailed view on odonate data with option to add new data. Search results including all relevant database contents may be downloaded in CSV format.
In addition, a new database records can be added to the database using a web formular.
Users need to register in order to get full access to database records. Registration is required to ensure scientific usage of odonate data, avoid mistakes and misuse of data. Users may be contacted by dragonfly-database.eu administrators via e-email to provide important information. User data / personal data will not be provided to third parties nor will be used for any other purposes than for data inputting and affiliation of individual records.
The registered user has the right to protect his / her personal data, the right of access to personal data and other rights guaranteed by Act No. 101/2000 Coll of the Czech Republic. At the request of a registered user for information on the processing of his personal data, the administrator is obliged to provide this information without undue delay in accordance with § 12 of Act No. 101/2000 Coll., On the Protection of Personal Data. Registered user who considers that the administrator carries out the processing of personal data contrary to the protection of the private and personal data of the registered user or in violation of the law, user has the right to request the explanation and possibly the removal of all provided data. Disagreement with providing of personal data can be expressed at any time by e-mail to the address:
The following data is saved during the registration process: first name, last name, institution, e-mail, password.
Users contributing to dragonfly-database.eu database are expected to respect the intellectual property rights of others and agree to use materials according to the instructions of copyright owners, or get permission in writing for their specific use.
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The copyright for carabid data records generally belongs to the authors who have created this data before, e.g. Dijkstra & Lewington 2006. Reference is provided for each data sample.
Copyright of dragonfly-database.eu
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Dr. Filip Harabiš
Department of Ecology
Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague
Kamýcká 129
16500 Prague-Suchdol
Czech Republic
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