Effect of native and exotic leaf litter on macroinvertebrate communities and decomposition in a western Montana stream

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 776-781

  Reinhart, Kurt O ^a,b   VandeVoort, Rachel ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer platanoides; Aquatic macroinvertebrates; Biological invasions; Exotic tree species; Leaf litter; Populus trichocarpa; Stream ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NATIVE SPECIES; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; EPHEMERELLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEMOURIDAE; POPULUS TRICHOCARPA; RHYACOPHILIDAE;

EID: 33749624537     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Article

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