Climate-moderated responses to wildfire by macroinvertebrates and basal food resources in montane wilderness streams

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Rugenski, Amanda T ^a,c   Minshall, G Wayne ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benthic communities; Climate change; Disturbance; Long term studies; Stream flow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900009968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES13-00236.1     Document Type: Article

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