Environmental heterogeneity and β diversity of stream macroinvertebrate communities at intermediate spatial scales

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-154

  Heino, Jani ^a   Grönroos, Mira ^a   Ilmonen, Jari ^b   Karhu, Tommi ^a   Niva, Maija ^a   Paasivirta, Lauri ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b Natural Heritage Services   (Finland)

^c Ruuhikoskenkatu 17   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Ecological communities; Habitat heterogeneity; Scale; Streams

Indexed keywords

BOREAL KINGDOM; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; DRAINAGE BASIN; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STREAM;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84876466526     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-083.1     Document Type: Article

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