An assessment of life-history studies for USA and Canadian crayfishes: Identifying biases and knowledge gaps to improve conservation and management

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1276-1287

  Moore, Michael J ^a   Distefano, Robert J ^a   Larson, Eric R ^b  

^a MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Crayfish; Extinction risk; Invasive species; Life history; Natural history; North America; Reproductive cycle; Traits

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; CRAYFISH; ERROR ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT SELECTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MACROECOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84888227141     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-158.1     Document Type: Article

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