The influence of different spatial-scale variables on caddisfly assemblages in Flemish lowland streams

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 355-368

  Gombeer, Sophie C ^a   Knapen, Dries ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Agricultural disturbance; Environmental gradients; Lowland streams; Spatial scale; Stream zonation; Trichoptera assemblages

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CADDISFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; OXYGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; ZONATION;

WESTERN EUROPE;

TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 79955670148     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2011.01280.x     Document Type: Article

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