Ecoregions as predictors of lotic assemblages of blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 603-613

  McCreadie, John W ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ECOREGION; FILTER FEEDER; FLY; HABITAT SELECTION; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAM;

APPALACHIANS; BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; SAND HILLS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 33845571958     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2006.04541.x     Document Type: Article

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