Influence of drainage connectivity, drainage area and regional species richness on fishes of the interior highlands in Arkansas

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-19

  Matthews, William J ^a   Robison, Henry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARTER; DISH ASSEMBLAGE; DRAINAGE BASIN; MINNOW; SPATIAL SCALE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARKANSAS; USA;

CYPRINIDAE; PERCIDAE;

EID: 0031881158     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)139[0001:IODCDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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