Testing the 'abundant centre' hypothesis on endemic reef fishes in south-western Australia

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 372, Issue , 2008, Pages 225-230

  Tuya, Fernando ^a,b   Wernberg, Thomas ^b,c   Thomsen, Mads S ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

'Abundant centre' patterns; Biogeography; Macroecology; Species ranges Reef ishes; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REEF;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

PISCES;

EID: 58249099429     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps07718     Document Type: Article

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