Structure of endemic fish assemblages in the upper Yangtze River Basin

River Research and Applications

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-75

  He, Yongfeng ^a,b,c   Wang, Jianwei ^a   Lek, Sovan ^c   Cao, Wenxuan ^a   Lek Ang, Sithan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Classification model; Conservation implication; Fish assemblage; Indicator species; Land cover; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND COVER; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHINA; YANGTZE BASIN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 78650858404     PISSN: 15351459     EISSN: 15351467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rra.1339     Document Type: Article

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