Habitat architecture and trophic interaction strength in a river: Riffle-scale effects

Oecologia

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 411-420

  Robson, Belinda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complexity; Habitat architecture; Herbivory; Spatial scale; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029778383     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328458     Document Type: Article

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