River drying lowers the diversity and alters the composition of an assemblage of desert riparian arthropods

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 91-103

  McCluney, Kevin E ^a   Sabo, John L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Drought; Riparian; River drying; Water availability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 82455188074     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2011.02698.x     Document Type: Article

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