Pattern of species occurrence in detritus-based communities with variable connectivity

Web Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-9

  Bellisario, Bruno ^a   Cerfolli, Fulvio ^a   Nascetti, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DETRITUS; LEAF; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STOCHASTICITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 80054843132     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-11-1-2011     Document Type: Article

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