Small ponds and big landscapes: The challenge of invertebrate spatial and temporal dynamics for European pond conservation

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 541-547

  Jeffries, Michael ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological integrity; Invertebrates; Landscape; Patch dynamics; Ponds

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PATCH DYNAMICS; POND; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 28144440876     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.753     Document Type: Conference Paper

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