Potential effects of riparian vegetation changes on functional organisation of macroinvertebrates in central Victorian streams

Victorian Naturalist

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 36-46

  Jayawardana, J M C K ^a,b   Westbrooke, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Functional feeders; Leptospermum; Macroinvertebrates; Phragmites; Willow (Salix spp)

Indexed keywords

LEPTOSPERMUM; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SALIX;

EID: 77952831842     PISSN: 00425184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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