Ecomorphological correlates in tropical stream fishes of southern India

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-225

  Bhat, A ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat; Morphology; Multivariate analyses; Species segregation; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOMORPHOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS; WORLD;

PISCES;

EID: 21044443055     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-005-0561-0     Document Type: Article

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