Local and regional species richness in North American lacustrine fish

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-56

  Griffiths, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

proportional sampling hypothesis; pseudosaturation; species area curves; turnover diversity

Indexed keywords

FISH ASSEMBLAGE; LAKE FISH; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0030621375     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5963     Document Type: Article

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