Influences of habitat complexity on the diversity and abundance of epiphytic invertebrates on plants

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 718-728

  Taniguchi, Hiromi ^a   Nakano, Shigeru ^b   Tokeshi, Mutsunori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abundance; Architecture; Diversity; Habitat complexity; Stream invertebrates

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; EPIPHYTE; INVERTEBRATE; PLANT ARCHITECTURE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; RANUNCULUS; SPARGANIUM; SPARGANIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM;

EID: 0242584883     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01047.x     Document Type: Article

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