Taxonomy and diversity of Afroalpine Chironomidae (Insecta: Diptera) on Mount Kenya and the Rwenzori Mountains, East Africa

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-89

  Eggermont, Hilde ^a   Verschuren, Dirk ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aquatic biodiversity; Biogeography; Chironomidae; Lake temperature; Lake zoobenthos; Mount Kenya; Mountain lakes; Rwenzori; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FLY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MOUNT KENYA; RWENZORI MOUNTAINS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; INSECTA;

EID: 33845656982     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01590.x     Document Type: Article

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