Niche-oriented species-abundance models: Different approaches of their application to larval chironomid (Diptera) assemblages in a large river

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1085-1094

  Fesl, Christian ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Functional feeding groups; Relative abundance distribution; Running waters; Stochastic models.

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NICHE;

AUSTRIA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 0036850237     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00671.x     Document Type: Article

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