Complex size-dependent habitat associations in potamodromous fish species

Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 233-245

  Santos, José Maria ^a   Reino, Luís ^a,b,c,d   Porto, Miguel ^e   Oliveira, João ^f   Pinheiro, Paulo ^a,g   Almeida, Pedro Raposo ^d,e   Cortes, Rui ^f   Ferreira, Maria Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^g AQUALOGUS Engenharia e Ambiente Rua da Tóbis Portuguesa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cyprinids; Hurdle models; Life stage; PCA; Regional local environment; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CYPRINID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

BARBUS; BARBUS BOCAGEI; CYPRINIDAE; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 79955138615     PISSN: 10151621     EISSN: 14209055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00027-010-0172-5     Document Type: Article

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