Resource partitioning in a tropical stream fish assemblage

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 571-589

  Herder, F ^a   Freyhof, J ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Competition exclusion; Diet; Feeding ecology; Habitat use; Niche partitioning; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; NICHE PARTITIONING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

CYANOBACTERIA; PISCES;

EID: 33746460977     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01126.x     Document Type: Article

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