Alpine pond biodiversity: What are the related environmental variables?

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 613-624

  Hinden, Helene ^a   Oertli, Beat ^b   Menetrey, Nathalie ^a   Sager, Lionel ^a   Lachavanne, Jean Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Amphibians; Environmental variables; Macrophytes; Small water bodies; Species richness; Zoobenthos

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; POND; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 28144450183     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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