Local variation in shredder distribution can explain their oversight in tropical streams

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 625-632

  Camacho, Regina ^a   Boyero, Luz ^a,b   Cornejo, Aydeé ^c   Ibáñez, Alicia ^b   Pearson, Richard G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c Centro Del Agua Del Trópico Húmedo Para América Latina y El Caribe   (Panama)

Author keywords

Altitude; Australian wet tropics; Latitude; Leaf litter breakdown; Macroinvertebrates; Panama

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HEADWATER; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPICAL REGION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 67650974773     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00519.x     Document Type: Article

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