Patterns of endemism in riverine fish of the Northern Hemisphere

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 75-81

  Oberdorff, Thierry ^a   Lek, Sovan ^b   Guégan, Jean François ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Climate; Endemic richness; Historical biogeography; Northern Hemisphere; Riverine fishes; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033041418     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.t01-2-22051.x     Document Type: Article

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