Relationships of stream invertebrate communities to deforestation in eastern Madagascar

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1473-1490

  Benstead, Jonathan P ^a,c   Douglas, Michael M ^b   Pringle, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Deforestation; Freshwater biodiversity; Hotspots; Insects; Macroinvertebrates; Madagascar; Riparian zones; River conservation; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; RANOMAFANA NATIONAL PARK;

ALGAE; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PLECOPTERA; RIPARIA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 0344843838     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5125     Document Type: Article

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