Spatial scale and the aggregation of stream macroinvertebrates associated with leaf packs

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-337

  Murphy, John F ^a   Giller, Paul S ^a   Horan, Margaret A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; COLONIZATION; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL SCALE; TEMPORAL SCALE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031966980     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.1998.00284.x     Document Type: Article

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