Streambed landscapes: Evidence that stream invertebrates respond to the type and spatial arrangement of patches

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 563-576

  Palmer, Margaret A ^a   Swan, Christopher M ^a   Nelson, Karen ^a   Silver, Pamela ^b   Alvestad, Rachel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b BEHREND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Invertebrates; Leaf packs; Patch dynamics; Patchiness; Spatial ecology; Streams

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; INVERTEBRATE; PATCH USE; STREAM BED;

EID: 0033914957     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008194130695     Document Type: Article

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