Plague minnow or mosquito fish? A review of the biology and impacts of introduced Gambusia species

Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

Volumn 39, Issue , 2008, Pages 171-191

  Pyke, Graham H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Disease; Mosquito

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CYPRINID; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; TOLERANCE;

NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI;

EID: 58549091341     PISSN: 1543592X     EISSN: 15452069     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.39.110707.173451     Document Type: Review

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