Beta diversity of rock-restricted cichlid fishes in Lake Malawi: Importance of environmental and spatial factors

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 601-610

  Genner, M J ^a,b   Taylor, M I ^c   Cleary, D F R ^a   Hawkins, S J ^d   Knight, M E ^e   Turner, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; PERCIFORM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CICHLIDAE; PERCIFORMES; PISCES;

EID: 4544268111     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03824.x     Document Type: Article

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