Biodiversity of stream insects: Variation at local, basin, and regional scales

Annual Review of Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue , 1998, Pages 271-293

  Vinson, Mark R ^a,b   Hawkins, Charles P ^b  

^a Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Biodiversity; Caddisflies; Mayflies; Stoneflies

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031914152     PISSN: 00664170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ento.43.1.271     Document Type: Review

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