Macroecology of Aquatic Insects: A Quantitative Analysis of Taxonomic Richness and Composition in the Andes Mountains of Northern Ecuador

Biotropica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 226-239

  Sites, Robert W ^a   Willig, Michael R ^b   Linit, Marc J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andes; Aquatic insects; Distribution; Ecuador; Elmidae; Ephemeroptera; Lotic; Macroecology; Naucoridae

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELEVATION; LATITUDE; MACROECOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

AMBRYSUS; BAETIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPHOCRICOS; ELMIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOHYPHIDAE; LIMNOCORIS; NAUCORIDAE; OLIGONEURIIDAE;

EID: 0142091457     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2003.tb00282.x     Document Type: Article

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