Community persistence among stream invertebrates tracks the North Atlantic Oscillation

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 987-996

  Bradley, D C ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic insects; Climatic variation; Constancy; Disturbance; Stability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INVERTEBRATE; NORTH ATLANTIC OSCILLATION; PERSISTENCE; STREAM;

EID: 0035210431     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0021-8790.2001.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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