Geographical linkages between threats and imperilment in freshwater fish in the Mediterranean Basin

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 744-754

  Clavero, Miguel ^a,b   Hermoso, Virgilio ^c,d   Levin, Noam ^e   Kark, Salit ^e  

^a Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Fish conservation; Mediterranean rivers; Overexploitation; Spatial gradients; Water resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPLOITATION; EXTINCTION RISK; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RANGE SIZE; RED LIST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER RESOURCE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

EID: 77955753332     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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