Patterns of fish species richness in China's lakes

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 386-394

  Zhao, Shuqing ^a   Fang, Jingyun ^a   Peng, Changhui ^b   Tang, Zhiyao ^a   Piao, Shilong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitude; Aquatic ecosystems; Biodiversity; China; Climatic variables; Energy availability; Fish species richness; Lakes; Limnological characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIMNOLOGY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33745594791     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2006.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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