Wetland degradation leads to homogenization of the biota at local and landscape scales

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2402-2413

  Lougheed, Vanessa L ^a   Mcintosh, Mollie D ^b   Parker, Christian A ^b   Stevenson, R Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biotic homogenization; Degradation; Isolated wetland; Macrophyte

Indexed keywords

ARACEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; LEMNA; MIMOSA;

EID: 55349143532     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02064.x     Document Type: Article

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