Metacommunity organisation, spatial extent and dispersal in aquatic systems: Patterns, processes and prospects

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 845-869

  Heino, Jani ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^b   Siqueira, Tadeu ^c   Soininen, Janne ^d   Valanko, Sebastian ^a,e,f   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^b  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Dispersal rates; Environmental heterogeneity; Mass effects; Spatial processes; Species sorting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923040432     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12533     Document Type: Review

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