Relationships between land cover, riparian vegetation, stream characteristics, and aquatic insects in cloud forest streams, Mexico

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 768, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 167-181

  Astudillo, Manuel R ^a   Novelo Gutiérrez, Rodolfo ^a   Vázquez, Gabriela ^a   García Franco, José G ^a   Ramírez, Alonso ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Channel geomorphology; Forest cover; Functional feeding groups; Water chemistry

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; CLOUD FOREST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST COVER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INSECT; LAND COVER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; STREAMWATER; WATER CHEMISTRY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ANACRONEURIA; HEXAPODA; SURAGINA;

EID: 84956658320     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-015-2545-1     Document Type: Article

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