Complex interaction of dendritic connectivity and hierarchical patch size on biodiversity in river-like landscapes

American Naturalist

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-25

  Carrara, Francesco ^a   Rinaldo, Andrea ^a,b   Giometto, Andrea ^a,c   Altermatt, Florian ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Community assembly; Dendritic ecological networks; Directional dispersal; Experimental microcosms; Riverine ecosystems; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROCOSM; PATCH SIZE; PERSISTENCE; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CILIATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUGLENA; RIVER; ROTIFERA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CILIOPHORA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUGLENA; RIVERS; ROTIFERA;

EID: 84890339158     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/674009     Document Type: Article

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