Invertebrate communities of alpine ponds

Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands: An International Perspective on Their Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 55-103

  Wissinger, Scott A ^a   Oertli, Beat ^b   Rosset, Véronique ^c  

^a ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^c UR MALY   (France)

Author keywords

Alpine ponds; Altitudinal diversity gradient; Boreal alpine taxa; Cold stenotherms; Sentinel systems for climate change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017047849     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24978-0_3     Document Type: Chapter

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