Population sinks resulting from degraded habitats of an obligate life-history pathway

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-140

  Hickford, Michael J H ^a   Schiel, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attractive sinks; Diadromous fishes; Galaxias maculatus; Habitat quality; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIODEGRADATION; COASTAL ZONE; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DESICCATION; DIADROMY; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FARMING SYSTEM; FISH; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT TYPE; LIFE HISTORY; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

AGROSTIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER;

AGROSTIS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS;

NEW ZEALAND;

GALAXIAS MACULATUS; PISCES;

EID: 79954415480     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1834-7     Document Type: Article

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