High species richness of Chironomidae (Diptera) in temporary flooded wetlands associated with high species turn-over rates

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 433-444

  Lundstrom J O ^a,b   Brodin, Y ^a   Schafer M L ^a,b   Vinnersten, T Z Persson ^a,b   Stman, O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Biological Mosquito Control Project   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bti; Chironomidae; species richness; species turn over; wetlands

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; MOSQUITO; SAMPLING; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; FLOODING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHIRONOMIDAE; FLOODS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

DAL RIVER; SWEDEN;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS SEROVAR ISRAELENSIS; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; OCHLEROTATUS STICTICUS;

EID: 77955849849     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485309990472     Document Type: Article

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