Rivers as islands: Determinants of the distribution of Andean astroblepid catfishes

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2373-2390

  Schaefer, S A ^a   Arroyave, J ^a,b  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modelling; Elevation; Fresh water; Maxent; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATFISH; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; CATFISHES; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RIVERS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ASTROBLEPIDAE; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 78650071734     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02822.x     Document Type: Article

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