Testing the response of macroinvertebrate functional structure and biodiversity to flooding and confinement

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 315-326

  Gallardo, Belinda ^a   Gascón, Stéphanie ^b   García, Mercedes ^a   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Fourth corner method; Mediterranean River; River Habitat Templet

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WETLAND;

EID: 69949086681     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2009.315     Document Type: Article

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