How does network structure and complexity in river systems affect population abundance and persistence?

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 399-403

  Webb, J Angus ^a   Padgham, Mark ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Dendritic Ecological Network (DEN); Graph model; Metapopulation; Persistence; Population model; Structural complexity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; METAPOPULATION; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RIVER;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84880699066     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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