Active colonization dynamics and diversity patterns are influenced by dendritic network connectivity and species interactions

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1243-1254

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

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Landscape structure; Linear network; Microcosm; Protist; River like

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899014131     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1020     Document Type: Article

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