Assessing impact of eucalyptus plantations on benthic macroinvertebrate communities by a litter exclusion experiment

Annales de Limnologie

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Larranaga A ^a   Larranaga S ^a   Basaguren, A ^a   Elosegi, A ^a   Pozo, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eucalyptus plantations; Litter exclusion; Macroinvertebrates; Streams

Indexed keywords

LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PLANTATION;

EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 33645655227     PISSN: 00034088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/limn/2006002     Document Type: Article

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