Distance decay of similarity in temperate aquatic communities: Effects of environmental transition zones, distance measure, and life histories

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-295

  Maloney, Kelly O ^a   Munguia, Pablo ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DATA SET; DISPERSAL; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PIEDMONT; RIVER BASIN; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

MARYLAND; PATUXENT BASIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953271331     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06518.x     Document Type: Article

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