Characterizing fish community diversity across Virginia landscapes: Prerequisite for conservation

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 335-349

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

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

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological conservation; Community types; Ecological composition; Fish communities; Geographic correlates; Regional diversity; Scale effects; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ICHTHYOFAUNA;

EID: 0033081614     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0335:CFCDAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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