Contrasting patterns in local and zonal family richness of stream invertebrates along an Andean altitudinal gradient

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1293-1305

  Jacobsen, Dean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diversity; Ecuador; Fauna; Running waters

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SCALE EFFECT; STREAM;

ANDES; ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 4644352047     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2004.01274.x     Document Type: Article

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