A continental-scale analysis of fish assemblage functional structure in European rivers

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 80-91

  Logez, Maxime ^a   Bady, Pierre ^b,c   Melcher, Andreas ^d   Pont, Didier ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FISH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; RELATEDNESS; RIVER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84874735401     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07447.x     Document Type: Article

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