Species richness at the guild level: Effects of species pool and local environmental conditions on stream macroinvertebrate communities

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 679-691

  Grönroos, Mira ^a   Heino, Jani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chao estimator; Diversity; Functional feeding groups; Local species richness; Regional species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT QUALITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES POOL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; STREAMWATER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

EID: 84859576270     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01938.x     Document Type: Article

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