Rapid loss of glacial ice reveals stream community assembly processes

Global Change Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2195-2204

  Brown, Lee E ^a   Milner, Alexander M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly; Deterministic; Glacier Bay; Macroinvertebrate; Niche filtering; River; Stochastic; Traits

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GLACIER RETREAT; ICE RETREAT; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NICHE; STOCHASTICITY; TAXONOMY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ALASKA; GLACIER BAY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861907490     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2012.02675.x     Document Type: Article

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