Does dispersal control population densities in advection-dominated systems? A fresh look at critical assumptions and a direct test

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 235-248

  Downes, Barbara J ^a   Lancaster, Jill ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Caddisflies; Flow; Streams; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC COMMUNITY; BENTHOS; BIOLOGICAL DRIFT; CADDISFLY; DISPERSAL; FILTER FEEDER; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IMMIGRATION; MOVEMENT; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ASMICRIDEA; HEXAPODA; HYDROPSYCHIDAE; SMICROPHYLAX; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 72449197602     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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