Macrophyte rafts as dispersal vectors for fishes and amphibians in the Lower Solimões River, Central Amazon

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-336

  Schiesari, Luis ^a,g   Zuanon, Jansen ^b   Azevedo Ramos, Claudia ^c   Garcia, Marcelo ^d   Gordo, Marcelo ^d   Messias, Mariluce ^e   Vieira, Emerson Monteiro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^e SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon; Amphibians; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Dispersal; Fishes; Macrophytes; V rzea floodplains

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DISPERSAL; FISH; MACROPHYTE; VECTOR;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; PISCES;

EID: 0037608710     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467403003365     Document Type: Article

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