Taxonomic distinctness in a linear system: A test using a tropical freshwater fish assemblage

Ecography

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 104-110

  Bhat, Anuradha ^a   Magurran, Anne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION; DIVERSITY INDEX; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33645024549     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04418.x     Document Type: Article

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