A comparative analysis reveals weak relationships between ecological factors and beta diversity of stream insect metacommunities at two spatial levels.

Autor: Heino J; Finnish Environment Institute, Natural Environment Centre, Biodiversity Oulu, Finland., Melo AS; Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Bini LM; Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Altermatt F; Department of Aquatic Ecology, Eawag: Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology Dübendorf, Switzerland ; Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich Zürich, Switzerland., Al-Shami SA; School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang, Malaysia ; Biology Department, Faculty of Science, University of Tabuk Tabuk, Saudi Arabia., Angeler DG; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden., Bonada N; Departament d'Ecologia, Grup de Recerca Freshwater Ecology and Management (FEM), Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain., Brand C; LIESA-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia SJB Chubut, Argentina., Callisto M; Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Cottenie K; Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph Guelph, ON, Canada., Dangles O; Laboratory of Entomology, School of Biological Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador Quito, Ecuador ; IRD, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Laboratoire Evolution, Génomes et Spéciation Gif-sur-Yvette, France., Dudgeon D; School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR, China., Encalada A; Laboratorio de Ecología Acuática Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales Universidad San Francisco de Quito Quito, Ecuador., Göthe E; Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University Silkeborg, Denmark., Grönroos M; Finnish Environment Institute, Natural Environment Centre, Biodiversity Oulu, Finland., Hamada N; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade Manaus, AM, Brazil., Jacobsen D; Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen Copenhagen, Denmark., Landeiro VL; Departamento de Botânica e Ecologia, Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso Cuiabá, Brazil., Ligeiro R; Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Biologia Geral, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil., Martins RT; Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade Manaus, AM, Brazil., Miserendino ML; LIESA-CONICET-Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia SJB Chubut, Argentina., Md Rawi CS; School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia Penang, Malaysia., Rodrigues ME; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil., Roque Fde O; Departamento de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil., Sandin L; Department of Aquatic Sciences and Assessment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala, Sweden., Schmera D; Section of Conservation Biology, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel Basel, Switzerland ; Balaton Limnological Institute, Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Tihany, Hungary., Sgarbi LF; Departamento de Ecologia, Universidade Federal de Goiás Goiânia, GO, Brazil., Simaika JP; Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch, South Africa., Siqueira T; Instituto de Biociências, UNESP - Universidade Estadual Paulista Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil., Thompson RM; Institute for Applied Ecology, University of Canberra Canberra, ACT, Australia., Townsend CR; Department of Zoology, University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand.

Publikováno v: Ecology and evolution [Ecol Evol] 2015 Mar; Vol. 5 (6), pp. 1235-48. Date of Electronic Publication: 2015 Feb 23.