Population and microhabitat effects of interspecific interactions on the endangered Andalusian toothcarp (Aphanius baeticus)

Environmental Biology of Fishes

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-182

  Clavero, Miguel ^a   Blanco Garrido, Francisco ^b   Prenda, José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive interactions; Cyprinodontidae; Habitat shifts; Mediterranean streams; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOPATRY; COEXISTENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FISH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MICROHABITAT; PREDATION; SYMPATRY;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

APHANIUS BAETICUS; CYPRINODONTIDAE; PHOXINUS PHOXINUS;

EID: 33846155568     PISSN: 03781909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10641-006-9088-2     Document Type: Article

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