Effect of multiple disturbances on food web vulnerability to biodiversity loss in detritus-based systems

Ecosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Calizza, Edoardo ^a   Costantini, M Letizia ^a   Rossi, Loreto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Central Italy; Flood; Freshwater management; Macroinvertebrates; Resistance; River; Robustness; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009820228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00489.1     Document Type: Article

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