Population viability and perturbation analyses in remnant populations of the Andean catfish Astroblepus ubidiai

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-138

  Velez Espino L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Life history; Matrix population models; Threatened Andean fish

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS;

ECUADOR; IMBABURA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACTINOPTERYGII; ASTROBLEPUS; ASTROBLEPUS UBIDIAI; POTATO VIRUS A; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 19344375454     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2005.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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