Freshwater biodiversity at regional extent: Determinants of macroinvertebrate taxonomic richness in headwater streams

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-713

  Astorga, Anna ^a,b   Heino, Jani ^b   Luoto, Miska ^c   Muotka, Timo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE NETWORK; ECOREGION; EIGENVALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEADWATER; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHOSPHORUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

EID: 80054845077     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06427.x     Document Type: Article

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