Combined effects of habitat modification on trait composition and species nestedness in river invertebrates

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2638-2646

  Larsen, Stefano ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insects; Land use; Macroinvertebrates; Nestedness.; Scale; Sediments; Streams

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NESTEDNESS;

UNITED KINGDOM; USK RIVER; WALES;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956880380     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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