Life history traits and abundance can predict local colonisation and extinction rates of freshwater mussels

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 982-992

  Vaughn, Caryn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Extinction; Fish host; Freshwater mussel; Life history traits

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; UNIONOIDEA;

EID: 84859427314     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2012.02759.x     Document Type: Article

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