Geometric scaling of microhabitat patches and their efficacy as refugia during disturbance

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 442-457

  Lancaster, Jill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Floods; Flow refugia; Habitat heterogeneity; Lotic invertebrates; Patch size

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATE; MICROHABITAT; REFUGE; STREAM;

EID: 0034046018     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00407.x     Document Type: Article

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