Ecosystem engineering by beavers affects mayfly life histories

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 969-979

  Fuller, Matthew R ^a,b   Peckarsky, Barbara L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baetis bicaudatus; Beaver ponds; Groundwater flow; Life histories; Streams

Indexed keywords

BAETIS; BAETIS BICAUDATUS; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; EPHEMEROPTERA;

EID: 79953311390     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02548.x     Document Type: Article

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