Habitat scale and biodiversity: Influence of catchment, stream reach and bedform scales on local invertebrate diversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2057-2075

  Brosse, Sebastien ^a,b   Arbuckle, Chris J ^a   Townsend, Colin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Benthic invertebrates; Equitability; New Zealand; Spatial scales; Species richness; Taieri river

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIODIVERSITY; INVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

NEW ZEALAND;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037860924     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024107915183     Document Type: Article

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