Disturbance, patchiness, and diversity in streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 573-592

  Lake, P S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity regulation; Droughts; Floods; Patchi ness; Perturbation; Press; Pulse; Ramp; Refugia; Response; Streams

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; FLOOD; PATCHINESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

EID: 0034491428     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468118     Document Type: Review

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