Variability and dynamics of a desert stream community

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1566-1579

  Eby, Lisa A ^a,b   Fagan, William F ^a,c   Minckley, Wendell L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Aravaipa Creek; Community composition; Conservation; Desert stream; Exotics; Fish; Flow variability; Measures of community change; Sonoran Desert, USA

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ICHTHYOFAUNA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STREAM; STREAMFLOW;

ARAVAIPA CREEK; ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PISCES;

EID: 1642284469     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5211     Document Type: Article

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