The Rapoport effect is detected in a river system and is based on nested organization

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-506

  Beketov, Mikhail A ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude; Freshwater; Macro ecology; May flies; Mid domain effect; Nestedness; Rapoport effect; River continuum; River system; Surface waters

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; MACROECOLOGY; NESTEDNESS; RAPOPORT RULE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 66949111465     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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