Defining the limits to local density: Alternative views of abundance-environment relationships

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 783-796

  Lancaster, Jill ^a   Belyea, Lisa R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Current velocity; Limiting factor; Quantile regression; Spatial distribution; Stream macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; LIMITING FACTOR; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BAETIDAE; HEPTAGENIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCTRIDAE;

EID: 33645095937     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01518.x     Document Type: Review

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