A proposed unified terminology of species traits in stream ecology

Freshwater Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 823-830

  Schmera, Dénes ^a,b   Podani, János ^b,c   Heino, Jani ^d   Erös, Tibor ^b   Poff, N LeRoy ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^d FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Macroinvertebrates; Measurement scale; Species traits; Stream ecology; Terminology

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH WORK;

EID: 84983103088     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681623     Document Type: Review

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