Habitat disturbance and hydrological parameters determine the body size and reproduction strategy of alluvial ground beetles

Environmental variability is the main driver for the variation of biological characteristics (life-history traits) of species. Therefore, life-history traits are particularly suited to identify mechanistic linkages between environmental variability and species occurrence and can help in explaining e...

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Main Author: Michael Gerisch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2011-05-01
Series:ZooKeys
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Online Access:http://zookeys.pensoft.net/lib/ajax_srv/article_elements_srv.php?action=download_pdf&item_id=2392