Patterns of abundance and co-occurrence in aquatic plant communities

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 387-395

  Chmara, Rafał ^a   Szmeja, Józef ^a   Ulrich, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Modular community structure; Satellite species; Species abundance distributions; Species co occurrence; Species dispersal dynamics; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC PLANT; COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOSEQUENCE; ZONATION;

EID: 84876970706     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1028-y     Document Type: Article

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