Taxonomic and functional successional patterns in macroinvertebrates related to flying dispersal abilities: A case study from isolated manmade ponds at reclaimed opencast coal mines

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 732, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 111-122

  Miguel Chinchilla, Leticia ^a   Boix, Dani ^b   Gascón, Stéphanie ^b   Comín, Francisco A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological traits; Deterministic forces; Dispersal; Fly; Macroinvertebrates; Primary succession; Stochasticity; Taxonomic composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899991500     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-1851-3     Document Type: Article

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