Biogeography of the Amazon molly: Ecological niche and range limits of an asexual hybrid species

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 442-451

  Costa, Gabriel C ^a   Schlupp, Ingo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon molly; Central America; Hybrid species; Mexico; Niche modelling; Niche overlap; Range limits; South east United States; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; HYBRID; LIMITING FACTOR; NICHE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINODONTIFORMES; POECILIA FORMOSA; POECILIA LATIPINNA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 77954793340     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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