River hydrological seasonality influences life history strategies of tropical riverine fishes

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 691-702

  Tedesco, P A ^a   Hugueny, B ^b   Oberdorff, T ^c   Durr H H ^d   Merigoux S ^b   De Merona B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographic strategies; Fish communities; Hydrological variability; West African rivers

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DEMOGRAPHY; HYDROLOGY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARENTAL CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATEDNESS; RIVER WATER; SEASONALITY; TAXONOMY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; LOGISTIC MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEASONS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PISCES;

EID: 43349104699     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1021-2     Document Type: Article

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