Species sorting in space and time—the impact of disturbance regime on community assembly in a temporary pool metacommunity

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1267-1278

  Vanschoenwinkel, Bram ^a   Waterkeyn, Aline ^a   Jocqué, Merlijn ^b   Boven, Liesbet ^a   Seaman, Maitland ^c   Brendonck, Luc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Disturbance; Hydroperiod; Hydroregime; Large branchiopods; Species replacement; Succession; Temporal niche segregation; Temporary pools

Indexed keywords

ANOSTRACA; BRANCHIOPODA; CONCHOSTRACA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052966407     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/09-114.1     Document Type: Article

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