Do latitudinal gradients exist in New Zealand stream invertebrate metacommunities?

That biodiversity declines with latitude is well known, but whether a metacommunity process is behind this gradient has received limited attention. We tested the hypothesis that dispersal limitation is progressively replaced by mass effects with increasing latitude, along with a series of related hy...

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Main Authors: Jonathan D. Tonkin, Russell G. Death, Timo Muotka, Anna Astorga, David A. Lytle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-05-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4898.pdf