Impact of resource availability on species composition and diversity in freshwater nematodes

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-103

  Michiels, Iris C ^a   Traunspurger, Walter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Functional diversity; Meiobenthos; Species richness; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GERMANY; NEMATODE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; GERMANY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEMATODA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEMATODA;

EID: 11944257546     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1700-6     Document Type: Article

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