Life at the edge: Habitat condition and bottom fauna of alpine running waters

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 92, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 491-513

  Füreder, Leopold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine streams; Aquatic insects; Climate change; Environmental conditions; Species traits

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GROUNDWATER; RIVERS;

ADAPTATION; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BENTHOS; CATCHMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GLACIATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYDROBIOLOGY; INSECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HOHE TAUERN NATIONAL PARK; SALZBURG [AUSTRIA];

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34548541385     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200610987     Document Type: Article

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