Metacommunity theory as a multispecies, multiscale framework for studying the influence of river network structure on riverine communities and ecosystems

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 310-327

  Brown, Bryan L ^a   Swan, Christopher M ^b   Auerbach, Daniel A ^c   Campbell Grant, Evan H ^d   Hitt, Nathaniel P ^e   Maloney, Kelly O ^f   Patrick, Christopher ^g  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e LEETOWN SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; dendritic ecological network; dispersal; drift; metacommunity ecology; patch dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PATCH DYNAMICS; RIVER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL;

EID: 79952254088     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-129.1     Document Type: Article

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