Effects of modern drainage systems on the spatial distribution of loach in rice ecosystems

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-154

  Katayama, Naoki ^a   Saitoh, Daigo ^b   Amano, Tatsuya ^c   Miyashita, Tadashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural practice; Artificial wetland; Freshwater fish; Hierarchical partitioning; Rice agroecosystem; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CYPRINID; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FLOODING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; PADDY FIELD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

JAPAN;

COBITIDAE; MISGURNUS ANGUILLICAUDATUS; ORYZA SATIVA (JAPONICA CULTIVAR-GROUP);

EID: 79952727443     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.1169     Document Type: Article

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