Fish functional traits correlated with environmental variables in a temperate biodiversity hotspot

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Keck, Benjamin P ^a   Marion, Zachary H ^a   Martin, Derek J ^a   Kaufman, Jason C ^a   Harden, Carol P ^a   Schwartz, John S ^b   Strange, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; LAND USE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; RIPARIAN ECOSYSTEM; RIVER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; RIVERS; TENNESSEE;

EID: 84899810193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093237     Document Type: Article

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