Local vs. regional influences on local diversity in stream fish communities of Virginia

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 911-927

  Angermeier, Paul L ^a   Winston, Matthew R ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Community saturation; Diversity relationships; Environmental filters; Fish, native vs. introduced species; Introduced species; Local vs. regional correlates of local diversity; Regions, how to define; Species diversity, local vs. regional; Stream fish communities; Virginia (USA) streams and fish communities

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

ANIMALIA; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0031872140     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0911:LVRIOL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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