Biogeography and the structure of coral reef fish communities on isolated islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 130-139

  Hobbs, Jean Paul A ^a   Jones, Geoffrey P ^a   Munday, Philip L ^a   Connolly, Sean R ^a   Srinivasan, Maya ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Christmas Island; Cocos Islands; Coral reef fishes; Density compensation; Endemism; Island biogeography; Macroecology; Range edge effects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; EDGE EFFECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; FISH; ISLAND BIOGEOGRAPHY; ISOLATED POPULATION; LIFE HISTORY; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY;

CHRISTMAS ISLAND; COCOS ISLAND; COSTA RICA;

ANTHOZOA; PISCES;

EID: 83555177353     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02576.x     Document Type: Article

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