Spatial network structure and robustness of detritus-based communities in a patchy environment

Ecological Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 813-821

  Bellisario, Bruno ^a   Cerfolli, Fulvio ^a   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detritus colonization; Macroinvertebrate; Network; Perturbation; Spatial homogenization

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FLOODING; HOMOGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; PERTURBATION; POOL; SALINITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 77954459811     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-010-0711-5     Document Type: Article

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