Explaining abundance-occupancy relationships in specialists and generalists: A case study on aquatic macroinvertebrates in standing waters

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 589-601

  Verberk, Wilco C E P ^a   van der Velde, Gerard ^a,b   Esselink, Hans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATURALIS BIODIVERSITY CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Aquatic insects; Biological traits; Causal mechanisms; Core satellite hypothesis; Density; Dispersal; Distribution; Metapopulation dynamics; Niche breadth

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GENERALIST; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INSECT; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METAPOPULATION; NICHE BREADTH; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 77954005831     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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