Habitat partitioning in riverine macrophyte communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 509-520

  French, Todd D ^a,b   Chambers, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC MACROPHYTE; COEXISTENCE; HABITAT PARTITIONING; NICHE OVERLAP;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA;

CALLITRICHACEAE; CALLITRICHE HERMAPHRODITICA; CERATOPHYLLACEAE; CERATOPHYLLUM DEMERSUM; ELODEA CANADENSIS; HALORAGACEAE; HYDROCHARITACEAE; MYRIOPHYLLUM EXALBESCENS; POTAMOGETON BERCHTOLDII; POTAMOGETON GRAMINEUS; POTAMOGETON PECTINATUS; POTAMOGETONACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS AQUATILIS;

EID: 0030303529     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1996.00105.x     Document Type: Article

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