The relative impact of local and regional processes on macro-invertebrate species richness in temporary pools

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 447-452

  Kiflawi, M ^a,b   Eitam, A ^a   Blaustein, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Species richness; Temporary ponds

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; EPHEMERAL POOL; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037656144     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00712.x     Document Type: Article

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