Environmental and geometric constraints on Indo-Pacific coral reef biodiversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 643-651

  Bellwood, D R ^a   Hughes, T P ^a   Connolly, S R ^a   Tanner, J ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Coral reefs; Fishes; Hot spots; Mid domain effect; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL REEF; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOT SPOT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 20444368033     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2005.00763.x     Document Type: Article

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