Does dispersal ability affect the relative importance of environmental control and spatial structuring of littoral macroinvertebrate communities?

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 971-980

  Heino, Jani ^a,b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community structure; Lakes; Macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; DRAINAGE BASIN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; LAKE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84875636294     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2451-4     Document Type: Article

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