Drivers of beta diversity of macroinvertebrate communities in tropical forest streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1126-1137

  Al Shami, Salman A ^a   Heino, Jani ^b   Che Salmah, M R ^a   Abu Hassan, A ^a   Suhaila, A H ^a   Madrus, Madziatul R ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Environmental conditions; Peninsular Malaysia; Stream macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84876496205     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12113     Document Type: Article

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