The contribution of lateral aquatic habitats to insect diversity along river corridors in the Alps

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1755-1767

  Karaus, Ute ^a,b   Larsen, Stefano ^c   Guillong, Helene ^d   Tockner, Klement ^c,e  

^a AquaPlus   (Switzerland)

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

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Conservation; Diversity partitioning; EPT taxa; Floodplain; Floodplains; Spatial scales

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FLOODPLAIN; INSECT; RIVER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ALPS; ALSACE; FRANCE; HAUT RHIN; THUR RIVER [HAUT RHIN];

EID: 84887922779     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9918-5     Document Type: Article

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