Patch dynamics and environmental heterogeneity in lotic ecosystems

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-99

  Winemiller, Kirk O ^a   Flecker, Alexander S ^b   Hoeinghaus, David J ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Environmental gradient; Habitat heterogeneity; Landscape ecology; Metacommunity; Nonequilibrium dynamics; River continuum

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927174429     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/08-048.1     Document Type: Article

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