Chironomid species richness in low-order streams in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: A first approximation through a Bayesian approach

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 221-231

  Roque, Fabio De Oliveira ^a   Trivinho Strixino, Susana ^a   Milan, Luis ^a   Leite, José Galvão ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Forest; Bayesian statistics; Brazil; Chironomidae; Diptera; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

ATLANTIC FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

CHIRONOMIDAE; CHIRONOMINAE; DIPTERA; ORTHOCLADIINAE; TANYPODINAE;

EID: 34249788705     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/0887-3593(2007)26[221:CSRILS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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