Altitudinal variation in fish assemblage diversity in streams of the central Andes of Colombia

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2401-2417

  Jaramillo Villa, U ^a,b,c   Maldonado Ocampo, J A ^d   Escobar, F ^d,e  

^a Universidad Católica de Oriente   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN DE RECURSOS BIOLÓGICOS ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Colombia)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elevation gradients; Fish distribution; Neotropical mountains; Temperature; turnover

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COLOMBIA; FISH; RIVER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COLOMBIA; FISHES; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

PISCES;

EID: 77954748977     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02629.x     Document Type: Article

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