Does biogeographical history matter? Diversity and distribution of lotic midges (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Australian Wet Tropics

Austral Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-13

  McKie, Brendan G ^a,b,c   Pearson, Richard G ^a,b   Cranston, Peter S ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diversity gradients; Faunal zonation; Gondwana; Tropical streams

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 14644435834     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2005.01408.x     Document Type: Article

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