Perspectives on the use of lakes and ponds as model systems for macroecological research

Journal of Limnology

Volumn 73, Issue 1 SUPPL, 2014, Pages 46-60

  Hortal, Joaquín ^a,b,c   Nabout, João C ^d   Calatayud, Joaquín ^a,e   Carneiro, Fernanda M ^d   Padial, André ^f   Santos, Ana M C ^a,b   Siqueira, Tadeu ^g   Bokma, Folmer ^h   Bini, L Mauricio ^c   Ventura, Marc ^i,j  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DE GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^g SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity gradients; Body size; Dispersal; Ecosystem functioning; Ecosystem structure; Metacommunity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; LAKE EVOLUTION; LIMNOLOGY; MACROECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 84904252524     PISSN: 11295767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/jlimnol.2014.887     Document Type: Article

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