Location of demographic sources affects the distributions of a vulnerable native fish in invaded river networks

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 311-324

  Woodford, Darragh J ^a   Mcintosh, Angus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Galaxias vulgaris; Invasive predator; Limit response; Riverscape configuration; Spatial exclusion

Indexed keywords

GALAXIAS VULGARIS; GALAXIIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 78650938248     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02498.x     Document Type: Article

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