Distance decay of similarity in freshwater communities: Do macro- and microorganisms follow the same rules?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-375

  Astorga, Anna ^a   Oksanen, Jari ^a   Luoto, Miska ^b   Soininen, Janne ^b   Virtanen, Risto ^a   Muotka, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; BIO ENV; Bryophytes; Diatoms; Dispersal; Finland; Mantel test; Streams

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CORRELATION; DIATOM; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MACROECOLOGY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NICHE;

FINLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES;

EID: 84856769172     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00681.x     Document Type: Article

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