Aquatic Heteroptera as indicators for terrestrialisation of floodplain habitats

Limnologica

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-250

  Skern, Marina ^a   Zweimüller, Irene ^a   Schiemer, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation; Corixidae; Danube; Floodplain; Gerromorpha; Habitat type; iodiversity; Large rivers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BACKWATER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; NATIONAL PARK; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRIA; DANUBE RIVER;

AQUARIUS PALUDUM; CORIXIDAE; GERRIDAE; GERRIS LACUSTRIS; GERROMORPHA; HETEROPTERA; LEMNA;

EID: 77953478890     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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