The roles of abiotic factors, dispersal, and species interactions in structuring stream assemblages of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae)

Aquatic Biosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  McCreadie, John W ^a   Adler, Peter H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black flies; Co occurrence; Community structure; Competition; Dispersal; Mantel tests; Null models; Simuliidae; Streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STREAMWATER; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; SIMULIIDAE;

EID: 84872187418     PISSN: 20469063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2046-9063-8-14     Document Type: Article

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