Community resilience following extreme disturbances: The response of ground beetles to a severe summer flood in a Central European lowland stream

River Research and Applications

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 81-92

  Gerisch, Michael ^a   Dziock, Frank ^b   Schanowski, Arno ^c   Ilg, Christiane ^a   Henle, Klaus ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Institut für Landschaftsökologie und Naturschutz ILN Bühl   (Germany)

Author keywords

Community recovery; Ecosystem stability; Extreme events; Floodplain grassland; Survival strategies; Unpredictable disturbances

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUMMER;

ELBE RIVER; GERMANY;

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84855366473     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1438     Document Type: Article

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