Longitudinal Distribution of the Functional Feeding Groups of Aquatic Insects in Streams of the Brazilian Cerrado Savanna

Neotropical Entomology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 421-428

  Brasil, L S ^a   Juen, L ^b   Batista, J D ^a   Pavan, M G ^a   Cabette, H S R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DE MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EPT; hierarchical patch dynamics; lotic; trophic groups; waterfall

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; INSECT;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GRASSLAND; INSECTA;

EID: 84907189754     PISSN: 1519566X     EISSN: 16788052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-014-0234-9     Document Type: Article

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