Leaf-litter mixtures affect breakdown and macroinvertebrate colonization rates in a stream ecosystem

International Review of Hydrobiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 436-451

  Abelho, Manuela ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposition; Forest; Richness; Shredders

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BREAKDOWN DYNAMICS; CASTANEA SATIVA; COLONIZATION RATE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; FOREST; GLUTINOSA; INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MIXED SPECIES; NON-ADDITIVE; PLANT SPECIES; QUERCUS ILEX; RICHNESS; SHREDDERS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM ECOSYSTEMS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; VEGETATION;

MIXTURES;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; LEAF LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; CASTANEA SATIVA; ILEX; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 68649118153     PISSN: 14342944     EISSN: 15222632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iroh.200811159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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