Spatial synchrony in population dynamics of West African fishes: A demonstration of an intraspecific and interspecific Moran effect

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 693-705

  Tedesco, Pablo A ^a   Hugueny, Bernard ^a   Paugy, Didier ^b   Fermon, Yves ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Disconnected populations; Hydrology; Moran effect; Sampling error; Within and between species synchrony

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAMPLING;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PISCES;

EID: 3142709646     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8790.2004.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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