The generality of abundance-environment relationships in microhabitats: A comment on Lancaster and Downes (2009)

River Research and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 915-920

  Lamouroux, N ^a   Merigoux S ^b   Capra, H ^a   Doledec S ^b   Jowett, I G ^c   Statzner, B ^b  

^a UR MALY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c IJ Consulting   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecohydraulics; Instream habitat models; Niche; Preference

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; HABITAT SELECTION; HYDRAULICS; MICROHABITAT; MODELING; NICHE; STREAMWATER;

EID: 77957130387     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1366     Document Type: Article

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