Local-scale species-energy relationships in fish assemblages of some forested streams of the Bolivian Amazon

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-264

  Tedesco, Pablo A ^a   Ibañez, Carla ^b,c   Moya, Nabor ^d   Bigorne, Rémy ^b,d   Camacho, Jimena ^b,d   Goitia, Edgar ^d   Hugueny, Bernard ^e   Maldonado, Mabel ^d   Rivero, Mirtha ^d   Tomanová, Sylvie ^f   Zubieta, José P ^b,d   Oberdorff, Thierry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^d UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bolivia; Energy availability; Specialization hypothesis; Species richness; Species energy theory; Tropical riverine fish

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENERGY FLOW; FISH; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM;

ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY; FISH; HYPOTHESIS; LEAF LITTER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; STREAM (RIVER); TROPICAL RAIN FOREST;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; PLANT LEAVES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMAZON RIVER; BOLIVIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147130837     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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