Patterns of niche breadth and feeding overlap of the fish fauna in the seasonal Brazilian Pantanal, Cuiabá River basin

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 637-646

  Corrêa, Carlos Eduardo ^a   Albrecht, Miriam Pilz ^b   Hahn, Norma Segatti ^c  

^a Centro UniversitÁrio Leonardo da Vinci   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Diet; Fishes; Floodplain; Pantanal

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 80053141599     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1679-62252011000300017     Document Type: Article

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