Diversity in riverine metacommunities: A network perspective

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 365-377

  Altermatt, Florian ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Centrality; Connectivity; Dendritic river network; Dispersal; River continuum concept; Strahler order

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION; DISPERSAL; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HETEROZYGOSITY; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIVER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EUCLIDIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84883457738     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-013-9450-3     Document Type: Article

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