The role of microhabitat and food availability in determining riparian invertebrate distributions on gravel bars: A habitat manipulation experiment

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 512-519

  Henshall, Sarah E ^a,b   Sadler, Jon P ^a   Hannah, David M ^a   Bates, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Buglife The Invertebrate Conservation Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquatic terrestrial linkages; Carabidae; Exposed riverine sediments; Feeding; Habitat templet; Hydroecology; Inundation disturbance; Riparian zone

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC-TERRESTRIAL LINKAGES; CARABIDAE; EXPOSED RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; HABITAT TEMPLET; HYDROECOLOGY; INUNDATION DISTURBANCE; RIPARIAN ZONE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BEETLE; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRAVEL; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960542420     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.188     Document Type: Article

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