Life-history strategies predict fish invasions and extirpations in the Colorado River Basin

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-40

  Olden, Julian D ^a,c   Leroy Poff, N ^a   Bestgen, Kevin R ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributes; Endangered fishes; Functional diversity; Functional niche; River regulation; Traits; Trilateral continuum

Indexed keywords

FISH; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; RIVER MANAGEMENT; SPECIES POOL;

COLORADO BASIN; NORTH AMERICA;

PISCES;

EID: 33645098893     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 00129615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0330     Document Type: Article

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