Effects of disturbance caused by selective timber extraction on fish communities in Sabah, Malaysia

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-167

  Martin Smith, Keith M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biomass; Logging disturbance; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; RAINFOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 0031671527     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007496424730     Document Type: Article

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