Catchment- and site-scale influences of forest cover and longitudinal forest position on the distribution of a diadromous fish

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 527-538

  Eikaas, Hans S ^a   Mcintosh, Angus R ^a   Kliskey, Andrew D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fish distribution; Galaxias brevipinnis; Galaxiidae; Geographical information system; Land use; New zealand; Riparian vegetation

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; VEGETATION COVER;

AUSTRALASIA; BANKS PENINSULA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

GALAXIAS BREVIPINNIS; GALAXIIDAE; RIPARIA;

EID: 14844315075     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2005.01337.x     Document Type: Article

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