Habitat heterogeneity drives the geographical distribution of beta diversity: The case of New Zealand stream invertebrates

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2693-2702

  Astorga, Anna ^a,b   Death, Russell ^b   Death, Fiona ^b   Paavola, Riku ^a   Chakraborty, Manas ^c   Muotka, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Horizons Regional Council   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Habitat heterogeneity; Macroinvertebrates; Null models; Productivity; Streams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903955282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1124     Document Type: Article

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