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microhabitat preference

Scope: community ecology
Papers: 4 | Mentions: 4

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Knowledge graph centered on microhabitat preference with 35 nodes and 91 connections. Top connected: On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in t, species diversity, interspecific competition, climate-induced range shifts, benthic sampling.

Definition

Species-specific selection for particular combinations of physical habitat characteristics like water depth, current velocity, and substrate size

Related Terms (6)

habitat partitioninghabitat specificitymicrohabitat featuressubstrate homogeneityhabitat diversitystream heterogeneity

Publications (4)

student_paper

Exploring mechanisms explaining coexistence patterns of <i> Rhyacophila </i> species (Trichoptera) in streams near the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

2019tested
article

On the generality of a climate-mediated shift in the distribution of the American pika (<i>Ochotona princeps</i>)

2011Ecologytested
student_paper

How Does Streambed Heterogeneity, Light Intensity, and Near-bed Current Influence Algal Accrual, Ash Free Dry Mass, and Macroinvertebrate Richness, and Abundance?

2009central
student_paper

Effect of a reduction in mountain stream flow on the diversity and quantity of benthic macroinvertebrates and the abundance of algae

2008framework

Related Concepts (10)

current velocity

measurement3 shared papers

interspecific competition

process1 shared paper

species diversity

metric1 shared paper

climate-induced range shifts

phenomenon1 shared paper

Akaike Information Criterion

metric1 shared paper

algae bloom

phenomenon1 shared paper

population extermination

phenomenon1 shared paper

morphological differentiation

phenomenon1 shared paper

algal resource quality

measurement1 shared paper

occupancy modeling

model type1 shared paper