Habitat filtering and adult dispersal determine the taxonomic composition of stream insects in an urbanizing landscape

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1740-1754

  Smith, Robert F ^a,c   Venugopal, P Dilip ^a   Baker, Matthew E ^b   Lamp, William O ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Habitat filtering; Stream insects; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84939214304     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12605     Document Type: Article

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