Rarity, fragmentation, and extinction risk in desert fishes

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 3250-3256

  Fagan, William F ^a,b   Unmack, Peter J ^a   Burgess, Colleen ^a   Minckley, W L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastomidae; Colorado River; Cyprinidae; Desert fish species; Extinction vulnerability; Lower Basin; Rarity and local extinction; Scale area curves; Sonoran Desert

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION RISK; FISH; RARITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VULNERABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA; SONORAN DESERT;

CYPRINIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0037633174     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[3250:RFAERI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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