Environmental gradients and the structure of freshwater snail communities

Ecography

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1049-1058

  Hoverman, Jason T ^a   Davis, Christopher J ^b   Werner, Earl E ^b   Skelly, David K ^c   Relyea, Rick A ^d   Yurewicz, Kerry L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e PLYMOUTH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LAKE; METAPOPULATION; PH; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPLACEMENT; SNAIL; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

BASOMMATOPHORA; GASTROPODA; GLEASONIA;

EID: 83055179801     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.06856.x     Document Type: Article

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