Loss of environmental heterogeneity and aquatic macroinvertebrate diversity following large-scale restoration management

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 440-449

  Verberk, W C E P ^a,b   Leuven, R S E W ^b   van Duinen, G A ^a,b   Esselink, H ^a,b  

^a BARGERVEEN FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Biological traits; Causal mechanisms; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem structure; Functional groups; Habitat heterogeneity; Life history strategies; Restoration ecology; Species filter

Indexed keywords

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EID: 77955426756     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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