Terrestrial and aquatic invertebrates in the riverbed of an intermittent river: parallels and contrasts in community organisation

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1308-1320

  Corti, Roland ^a,b   Datry, Thibault ^c,d  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c UR MALY   (France)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

dry riverbed; metacommunities; nestedness; riparian zone; species turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947998962     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/fwb.12692     Document Type: Article

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