Global patterns of stream detritivore distribution: Implications for biodiversity loss in changing climates

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 134-141

  Boyero, Luz ^a,b   Pearson, Richard G ^b   Dudgeon, David ^c   Ferreira, Verónica ^d   Graça, Manuel A S ^d   Gessner, Mark O ^e,f,z,aa   Boulton, Andrew J ^g   Chauvet, Eric ^h,i   Yule, Catherine M ^j   Albariño, Ricardo J ^k   Ramírez, Alonso ^l   Helson, Julie E ^m   Callisto, Marcos ⁿ   Arunachalam, Muthukumarasamy ^o   Chará, Julián ^p,q   Figueroa, Ricardo ^r   Mathooko, Jude M ^s   Gonçalves Jr, José F ^n,ab   Moretti, Marcelo S ^n,ac   Chará Serna, Ana Marcela ^p,t   Davies, Judy N ^g   Encalada, Andrea ^d,u   Lamothe, Sylvain ^h,i   Buria, Leonardo M ^k   Castela, José ^d   Cornejo, Aydeé ^v,w   Li, Aggie O Y ^c   M'Erimba, Charles ^s   Villanueva, Verónica Díaz ^k   Del Carmen Zúñiga, María ^p   Swan, Christopher M ^x   Barmuta, Leon A ^y   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

ⁱ CNRS   (France)

^j MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^k UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^m UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

ⁿ FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^o MANONMANIAM SUNDARANAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^p CIPAV   (Colombia)

^q CIEBREG   (Colombia)

^r UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^s EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^t UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

^u UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^v UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^w Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^y UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^z LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^aa TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^ac UNIVERSIDADE VILA VELHA   (Brazil)

more..

Author keywords

Detritus; Diversity; Guild; Latitudinal gradient; Leaf litter; Shredders; Species richness; Stream ecosystems; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLONIZATION; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LEAF LITTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84855530321     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00673.x     Document Type: Article

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