Assessing variation in suitability curves and electivity profiles in temporal studies of fish habitat use

River Research and Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 605-618

  Vilizzi, Lorenzo ^a   Copp, Gordon H ^a   Roussel, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

Author keywords

Barbel; Fisher's exact test; IFIM; Log linear models; PHABSIM

Indexed keywords

FISH; HABITAT RELATED BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

BARBUS; BARBUS BARBUS; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 4444266646     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.767     Document Type: Article

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