Dragonfly Assemblage Data for Wet and Dry Years in KwaZulu-Natal

31.6 KB of dragonfly assemblage data collected during a typical wet year and a below-average dry year in northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The dataset was authored by Charl Deacon and last updated on June 1, 2026. It is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare dragonfly species composition between wet and dry years based on the assemblage data.
• Assess the impact of drought on insect biodiversity based on the described temporal comparison.
• Model functional connectivity of dragonfly populations under different climatic conditions.
• Study community ecology and species interactions within a dragonfly assemblage.

Strengths

• Data covers two distinct climatic periods (wet year and dry year) for comparative analysis.
• The dataset is openly available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Charl Deacon

Time Range

Covers a typical wet year and a below-average dry year.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 10:24:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.