Factors shaping the range-size frequency distribution of the endemic fish fauna of the Tropical Eastern Pacific

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 277-286

  Mora, Camilo ^a   Robertson, D Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Geography; Habitat fragmentation; Habitat usage; Isolation; Range size frequency distribution; Shorefishes; Tropical Eastern Pacific

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ICHTHYOFAUNA; ISOLATION EFFECT; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; RANGE SIZE;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (EAST); WORLD;

PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 13444252980     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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