A comparative analysis reveals weak relationships between ecological factors and beta diversity of stream insect metacommunities at two spatial levels

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1235-1248

  Heino, Jani ^a   Melo, Adriano S ^b   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^b   Altermatt, Florian ^c,d   Al Shami, Salman A ^e,f   Angeler, David G ^g   Bonada, Núria ^h   Brand, Cecilia ⁱ   Callisto, Marcos ^j   Cottenie, Karl ^k   Dangles, Olivier ^l,m   Dudgeon, David ⁿ   Encalada, Andrea ^o   Göthe, Emma ^p   Grönroos, Mira ^a   Hamada, Neusa ^q   Jacobsen, Dean ^r   Landeiro, Victor L ^s   Ligeiro, Raphael ^j   Martins, Renato T ^q   Miserendino, María Laura ⁱ   Md Rawi, Che Salmah ^e   Rodrigues, Marciel E ^t   Roque, Fabio de Oliveira ^t   Sandin, Leonard ^g   Schmera, Denes ^u,v   Sgarbi, Luciano F ^b   Simaika, John P ^w   Siqueira, Tadeu ^x   Thompson, Ross M ^y   Townsend, Colin R ^z   more..

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TABUK   (Saudi Arabia)

^g SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

ⁱ LIESA CONICET Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia SJB   (Argentina)

^j FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^k UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^l PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

^m France and University of Paris Sud   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^p AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^q INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^r UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^s FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

^t FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO DO SUL   (Brazil)

^u UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^v INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^w STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^x SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^y UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^z UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

more..

Author keywords

Altitude range; Comparative analysis; Environmental filtering; Insects; Latitude; Spatial extent; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84924857504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1439     Document Type: Article

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