Why life history information matters: Drought refuges and macroinvertebrate persistence in non-perennial streams subject to a drier climate

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 801-810

  Robson, B J ^a   Chester, E T ^b   Austin, C M ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

climate change; dryland rivers; environmental flows; environmental water allocation; intermittent streams; landscape genetics; species traits

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; DROUGHT STRESS; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPLOITATION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REFUGE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STREAMWATER; SURVIVAL; WATER RESOURCE;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79960964888     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10062     Document Type: Review

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