Trends in aquatic macrophyte species turnover in Northern Ireland - Which factors determine the spatial distribution of local species turnover?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-408

  Heegaard, Einar ^a,b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquatic macrophytes; Beta diversity; DCA; Generalized Additive Models; Local effects; Northern Ireland; Ordination; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MACROPHYTE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; AQUATIC PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE WATER; METAPOPULATION; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; IRELAND;

EID: 4344624419     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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