Changes in the distribution of native fishes in response to introduced species and other anthropogenic effects

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 697-710

  Habit, Evelyn ^a,b   Piedra, Priscila ^a   Ruzzante, Daniel E ^c   Walde, Sandra J ^c   Belk, Mark C ^d   Cussac, Víctor E ^e   Gonzalez, Jorge ^a   Colin, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistema Patagónicos C I E P   (Chile)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic impacts; Chile; Conservation; Distribution; Galaxiidae; Introduced salmonids; Patagonia; Temperature refugia

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SALMONID; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHILE; PATAGONIA;

APLOCHITON TAENIATUS; BRACHYGALAXIAS BULLOCKI; GALAXIAS MACULATUS; GALAXIAS PLATEI; GALAXIIDAE; GAMBUSIA; MARTES PENNANTI; PISCES; POECILIIDAE; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 79951567400     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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