Resource-consumer diversity: Testing the effects of leaf litter species diversity on stream macroinvertebrate communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1461-1473

  Kominoski, John S ^a,b   Pringle, Catherine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Additive effects; Biodiversity; Litter chemistry; Non additive effects; Riparian; Southern Appalachians

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; INVERTEBRATA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; TULIPA;

EID: 66749153774     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2009.02196.x     Document Type: Article

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