Factors affecting Sciomyzidae (Diptera) across a transect at Skealoghan Turlough (Co. Mayo, Ireland)

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 117-133

  Williams, Christopher D ^a   Moran, James ^a   Doherty, Owen ^a   Mc Donnell, Rory J ^a,b   Gormally, Michael J ^a   Knutson, Lloyd V ^c   Vala, Jean Claude ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Salitia degli Albito   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydroperiod; Sciomyzidae; Stochastic sampling variables; Vegetation structure; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOINDICATOR; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FLY; HYDROPERIOD; LIFE HISTORY; MICROHABITAT; PH; PHENOLOGY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; VEGETATION INDEX; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

DIPTERA; SCIOMYZIDAE;

EID: 59849125680     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-007-9149-4     Document Type: Article

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