Loss of small glaciers will diminish beta diversity in Pyrenean streams at two levels of biological organization

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 40-51

  Finn, Debra S ^a   Khamis, Kieran ^a   Milner, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Biodiversity; Climate change; Community ecology; Diversity partitioning; French Pyrenees; Genetic diversity; Glacier fed streams; Global warming; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; MACROBENTHOS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FRANCE; PYRENEES;

BAETIS ALPINUS;

EID: 84870881143     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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