Immediate and longer-term effects of managed flooding on floodplain invertebrate assemblages in south-eastern Australia: Generation and maintenance of a mosaic landscape

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1190-1205

  Ballinger, Andrea ^a   Mc Nally, Ralph ^a   Lake, P S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Eucalyptus camaldulensis; Floodplain; Lycosidae; Managed flooding

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODPLAIN; INVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 21244488628     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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