Species richness and the proportion of predatory animal species in temporary freshwater pools: Relationships with habitat size and permanence

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-166

  Spencer, Matthew ^a   Blaustein, Leon ^a   Schwartz, Steven S ^b   Cohen, Joel E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Habitat permanence; Habitat size; Predator:prey ratios; Species richness; Temporary habitats; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033006616     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00062.x     Document Type: Article

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