Invariant scaling relationship between functional dissimilarity and co-occurrence in fish assemblages of the Patos Lagoon estuary (Brazil): Environmental filtering consistently overshadows competitive exclusion

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 247-257

  Mouchet, Maud A ^a   Burns, Marcelo D M ^b   Garcia, Alexandre M ^b   Vieira, João P ^b   Mouillot, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LOCOMOTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

BRAZIL; PATOS LAGOON; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

EID: 84872608775     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20411.x     Document Type: Article

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