Examining spatial concordance of genetic and species diversity patterns to evaluate the role of dispersal limitation in structuring headwater metacommunities

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 273-283

  Finn, Debra S ^a,b   Poff, N Leroy ^a  

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

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community ecology; dendritic network; dispersal; ecological drift; gene flow; isolation; migration; Neutral theory; population genetics

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FLY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC ISOLATION; HEADWATER; LOTIC ENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY; TIMESCALE;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CHIRONOMIDAE; PROSIMULIUM NEOMACROPYGA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 79952275977     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/10-035.1     Document Type: Article

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