Contrasting effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors on beta diversity in river organisms

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 796-805

  Gutiérrez Cánovas, Cayetano ^a   Millán, Andrés ^a   Velasco, Josefa ^a   Vaughan, Ian P ^b   Ormerod, Steve J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benthic macroinvertebrates; Beta diversity; Biodiversity conservation; Human induced stress; Natural stress; Nestedness; Species distributions; Stress specialists; Turnover

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NESTEDNESS; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HIMALAYAS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879168320     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/geb.12060     Document Type: Article

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