Habitat heterogeneity and algal-grazer interactions in streams: Explorations with a spatially explicit model

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 263-276

  Poff, N LeRoy ^a   Nelson Baker, Kären ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

herbivory; heterogeneity; individual based model; patchiness; snails; streams

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; GASTROPODA;

EID: 0030891841     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468256     Document Type: Article

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