A macroecological perspective of trait patterns in stream communities

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1539-1555

  Heino, Jani ^a,b   Schmera, Dénes ^c,d   Eros, Tibor ^d  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d MTA CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Hungary)

Author keywords

community organisation; fish; geographical gradients; habitat templets; invertebrates; species traits

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84879838187     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12164     Document Type: Article

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