Terrestrial and aquatic macroinvertebrate assemblages as a function of wetland type across a mountain landscape

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 568-584

  Holmquist, Jeffrey ^a   Jones, Jennifer ^b   Schmidt Gengenbach, Jutta ^a   Pierotti, Lyra ^a   Love, Jason ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEN; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEADOW; MOUNTAIN REGION; ORDINATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WETLAND;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANTHOMYIIDAE; APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; BIVALVIA; CHIRONOMIDAE; CHLOROPERLIDAE; CHLOROPIDAE; CICADELLIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); EPHYDRIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; MUSCIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; PLECOPTERA; THOMISIDAE;

EID: 84555203773     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.4.568     Document Type: Article

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