Geographic location alters the diversity-disturbance response

Freshwater Science

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 636-646

  Death, Russell G ^a   Barquín, José ^a,b  

^a Institute of Natural Resources   (New Zealand)

^b ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

disturbance; diversity; life history traits; springbrooks; stream ecology

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

NEW ZEALAND; SPAIN;

AMPHIPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84874813889     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/11-059.1     Document Type: Article

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