Habitat selection determines abundance, richness and species composition of beetles in aquatic communities

Biology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 370-374

  Binckley, Christopher A ^a,b   Resetarits Jr , William J ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Habitat selection; Metacommunities; Non lethal effects; Species distributions; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BEETLE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HABITAT SELECTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; BEETLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLEOPTERA; PISCES;

EID: 18444404573     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0310     Document Type: Article

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