Urbanization and wetland communities: Applying metacommunity theory to understand the local and landscape effects

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 34-42

  Johnson, Pieter T J ^a   Hoverman, Jason T ^a,c   McKenzie, Valerie J ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b   Richgels, Katherine L D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Aquatic conservation; Community ecology; Global change; Habitat loss; Trait based approach

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; META-ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAMPLING; TAXONOMY; THEORETICAL STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WETLAND;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ASTACOIDEA; HEXAPODA; MOLLUSCA; PISCES; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPTILIA;

EID: 84873138115     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12022     Document Type: Article

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