Hydrological connectivity structures concordant plant and animal assemblages according to niche rather than dispersal processes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 292-305

  Warfe, Danielle M ^a   Pettit, Neil E ^b   Magierowski, Regina H ^c   Pusey, Bradley J ^d   Davies, Peter M ^b   Douglas, Michael M ^a   Bunn, Stuart E ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Dispersal limitation; Multiple assemblages; Spatial concordance; Tropical rivers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84871956114     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12058     Document Type: Article

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