A regional perspective on the diversity and conservation of tropical andean fishes;Una Perspectiva Regional de la Diversidad y Conservación de Peces Andinos Tropicales

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-39

  Anderson, Elizabeth P ^a   Maldonado Ocampo, Javier A ^b  

^a FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Elevational gradients; Freshwater; Mountain; Neotropics; River; South America

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

DEFORESTATION; ELEVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FISH; FLORISTICS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; RIVER SYSTEM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TROPIC CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FISHES; FRESH WATER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POWER PLANTS; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANDES;

ANIMALIA; PISCES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78751667733     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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