Beaver-created habitat heterogeneity influences aquatic invertebrate assemblages in boreal Canada

Wetlands

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-29

  Hood, Glynnis A ^a   Larson, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic invertebrates; Beaver; Biodiversity; Boreal wetlands; Castor canadensis; Drought; Miquelon Lake Provincial Park

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894091608     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-013-0476-z     Document Type: Article

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