Floodplain connectivity, disturbance and change: A palaeoentomological investigation of floodplain ecology from south-west England

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-288

  Davis, S R ^a   Brown, A G ^b   Dinnin, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coleoptera; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Ecological baselines; Floodplain ecology; Floodplain restoration; Palaeoecology

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONNECTIVITY; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; ENTOMOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOODPLAIN; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; FOSSIL RECORD; HABITAT RESTORATION; INTERMEDIATE DISTURBANCE HYPOTHESIS; PALEOECOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FOSSIL; PLANT; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FOSSILS; PLANTS; RIVERS; WATER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 33846942661     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01209.x     Document Type: Article

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