Distance decay of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in a mountain river network: Do dispersal routes and dispersal ability matter?
Zhengfei Li, Xiao Chen, Xiaoming Jiang, Jonathan D. Tonkin, Zhicai Xie, Jani Heino
Topics & Concepts
Biological dispersalBeta diversityMetacommunitySpecies richnessEcologyBenthic zoneInvertebrateDistance decayGeographical distanceGamma diversityEnvironmental scienceCommunity structureSpatial ecologyBiologyPopulationSociologyDemographyFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecologyFish Ecology and Management StudiesAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior