Dynamics of fish in Australian desert springs: Role of large-mammal disturbance

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 789-798

  Kodric Brown, Astrid ^a   Wilcox, Chris ^b,c   Bragg, Jason G ^a,d   Brown, James H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Conservation; Desert springs; Disturbance; Fish

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESERT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FISHERY SURVEY; GRASS; HERBIVORY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; PERCIFORM; POPULATION DECLINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CHLAMYDOGOBIUS GLOVERI; MAMMALIA; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 35449001030     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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