Invasive riparian plant litter alters aquatic insect growth

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1041-1051

  Going, Barbara M ^a,b   Dudley, Tom L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous; Aquatic insect; Arundo donax; CPOM; Growth rate; Invasive species; Lepidostoma; Riparian; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ALNUS RHOMBIFOLIA; ARUNDO; ARUNDO DONAX; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOSTOMA; LEPIDOSTOMA UNICOLOR; POPULUS FREMONTII; SALICACEAE; SALIX; TAMARIX; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 57649137788     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-007-9182-1     Document Type: Article

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