Habitat filtering determines spatial variation of macroinvertebrate community traits in northern headwater streams

• Published in: Community ecology Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 77 - 88
• Main Authors: Schmera, D, T. Erős, J. Heino
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Akadémiai Kiadà 01.06.2013; AKADÉMIAI KIADÓ; Springer International Publishing
• Subjects: Animal Ecology; aquatic invertebrates; Biodiversity; Community & Population Ecology; Diversity; environmental assessment; environmental degradation; environmental factors; Freshwater ecology; habitats; Headwater streams; Headwaters; latitude; Life Sciences; linear models; Macroinvertebrates; Marine & Freshwater Sciences; Microbial Ecology; multivariate analysis; Music analysis; Natural environmental variation; Plant Ecology; species diversity; Stream habitats; Stream macroinvertebrates; Streams; Sustainable communities; Synecology; Taxa; Trait-based analyses; Watersheds; Finland; Natural environmental variation; Headwater streams; Stream macroinvertebrates; Trait-based analyses; Diversity

Although our knowledge of the spatial distribution of stream organisms has been increasing rapidly in the last decades, there is still little consensus about trait-based variability of macroinvertebrate communities within and between catchments in near-pristine systems. Our aim was to examine the ta...