Cross-Cordillera exchange mediated by the Panama Canal increased the species richness of local freshwater fish assemblages

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1551, 2004, Pages 1889-1896

  Smith, Scott A ^a,b   Bell, Graham ^a   Bermingham, Eldredge ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Biotic interchange; Competitive exclusion; Local and regional processes; Saturation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ICHTHYOFAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FISH; NONHUMAN; PANAMA; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SPECIES INVASION; SPECIES RICHNESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FRESH WATER;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 6944238379     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2796     Document Type: Article

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