Body size and dispersal mode as key traits determining metacommunity structure of aquatic organisms

Ecology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 740-747

  De Bie, T ^a   De Meester, L ^a   Brendonck, L ^a   Martens, K ^b,c   Goddeeris, B ^b   Ercken, D ^b   Hampel, H ^b   Denys, L ^d   Vanhecke, L ^e   Van der Gucht, K ^c   Van Wichelen, J ^c   Vyverman, W ^c   Declerck, S A J ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^e BOTANIC GARDEN MEISE   (Belgium)

^f NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Active dispersal; Dispersal limitation; MEM analysis; Passive dispersal; Pond; Propagule size; Spatial context; Spatial scale; Species sorting; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; FISH; FLY; META-ANALYSIS; POND; PROPAGULE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECT;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; INSECTS;

AMPHIBIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84862134743     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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