Hydrology shapes taxonomic and functional structure of desert stream invertebrate communities

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 399-409

  Schriever, Tiffany A ^a   Bogan, Michael T ^a,b   Boersma, Kate S ^a,c   Cañedo Argüelles, Miguel ^a,d   Jaeger, Kristin L ^e,f   Olden, Julian D ^f   Lytle, David A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d Universitat de Barcelona Diagonal 645   (Spain)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

American southwest; Disturbance; Ecological filter; Quantile regression; Species traits; Temporary streams

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HYDROLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM; TAXONOMY;

ARIZONA; HUACHUCA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84920801724     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/680518     Document Type: Article

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