Environmental variables interact across spatial scales to structure trichopteran assemblages in Ouachita Mountain rivers

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 596, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 401-411

  Galbraith, Heather S ^a   Vaughn, Caryn C ^a   Meier, C Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caddisfly communities; Geographic information system (GIS); Spatial scale; Trichoptera; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LAND USE; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

ABIOTIC INTERACTIONS; AQUATIC ECOLOGY; CADDISFLY COMMUNITIES; SPATIAL SCALE; VARIATION PARTITIONING;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOASSAY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIOTIC FACTOR; CADDISFLY; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 37749040603     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-007-9124-z     Document Type: Article

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