Fitness in the endangered Gila topminnow;Adaptabilidad del poccilido de gila en peligro

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 162-171

  Sheffer, Ruby J ^a   Hedrick, Philip W ^a   Minckley, W L ^a   Velasco, Anthony L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED FISH; FITNESS; GILA TOPMINNOW; REINTRODUCTION;

USA, ARIZONA, MONKEY SPRING; USA, ARIZONA, SHARP SPRING; USA, NEW MEXICO, SANTA CRUZ RIVER;

POECILIOPSIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0030798876     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95525.x     Document Type: Article

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