Colonization and development of an Alaskan stream community over 28 years

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 413-419

  Milner, Alexander M ^a,b   Robertson, Anne L ^c   Monaghan, Kieran A ^d   Veal, Amanda J ^e   Flory, Elizabeth A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^e ENVIRONMENT AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CADDISFLY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALMONID; SPAWNING; SUCCESSION; TOLERANCE;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WOLF POINT CREEK;

CHIRONOMIDAE; HEXAPODA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 53249101425     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/060149     Document Type: Article

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