Landscape-level predictions of diversity in river networks reveal opposing patterns for different groups of macroinvertebrates

Aquatic Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 283-295

  Kaelin, Katharina ^a   Altermatt, Florian ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Dendritic networks; Environmental niche modeling; Habitat modeling; Landscape scale; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CADDISFLY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MAYFLY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STONEFLY; TOPOLOGY; UPSCALING; WATER QUALITY;

EPHEMEROPTERA; PLECOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 84961851451     PISSN: 13862588     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10452-016-9576-1     Document Type: Article

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