Leaf breakdown and colonisation by invertebrates in a headwater stream: Comparisons of native and introduced tree species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 301-312

  Parkyn, S M ^a,b   Winterbourn, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Food choice; Invertebrate colonisation; Leaf breakdown; Microflora; Respiration; Shredders

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; HIBISCUS TILIACEUS; INVERTEBRATA; OLINGA JEANAE; QUERCUS; SALIX; ULMUS;

EID: 0030783193     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1997.9516768     Document Type: Article

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