Determinants of fine-scale homogenization and differentiation of native freshwater fish faunas in a Mediterranean Basin: Implications for conservation

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 236-247

  Hermoso, Virgilio ^a   Clavero, Miguel ^b,c   Kennard, Mark J ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Fish conservation; Habitat degradation; Introduced species; Reference condition

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMOGENEITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PRIORITIZATION; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; RIVER BASIN; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

GUADIANA BASIN; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PISCES;

EID: 84856785883     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00828.x     Document Type: Article

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