River network properties shape α-diversity and community similarity patterns of aquatic insect communities across major drainage basins

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2249-2260

  Altermatt, Florian ^a   Seymour, Mathew ^a   Martinez, Nicolas ^b  

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

^b BDM Coordination Office   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendritic river network; Dispersal; Ephemeroptera; Macroinvertebrates; Metacommunity; Plecoptera; Switzerland; Trichoptera

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC ORGANISM; CADDISFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; DRAINAGE BASIN; HEADWATER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; METAPOPULATION; RIVER SYSTEM; SIMILARITY INDEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SWITZERLAND;

ARTHROPODA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84888037749     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12178     Document Type: Article

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