How can we conserve cold stenotherm communities in warming Alpine ponds?

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 723, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-62

  Ilg, Christiane ^a   Oertli, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic beetles; Aquatic plants; Boreo alpine species; Climate warming and altitude; Dragonflies; Small waterbodies

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AQUATIC PLANT; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; COLD AIR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRAGONFLY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HABITAT TYPE; MACROPHYTE; POND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); COLEOPTERA; ODONATA;

EID: 84888826372     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-013-1538-1     Document Type: Article

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