Great house, poor food: Effects of exotic leaf litter on shredder densities and caddisfly growth in 6 subtropical Australian streams

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 491-503

  Davies, Judy N ^a   Boulton, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anisocentropus; Eucalyptus; Exotic species; Leaf packs; Riparian zone management; River restoration; Shredders; Sublethal effects; Subtropical streams

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CADDISFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EVERGREEN TREE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HABITAT QUALITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN ZONE; STREAM; SUBLETHAL EFFECT; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ANISOCENTROPUS; CALAMOCERATIDAE; CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA; DRYOBALANOPS; EUCALYPTUS; INVERTEBRATA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 67650917483     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/07-073.1     Document Type: Article

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