How territoriality affects the density of an egg predator: Habitat renovation and reintroduction as a method of conserving two endangered desert spring fish

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 527-533

  Paciorek, Timothy ^a   Al Shaer, Layla ^a   Itzkowitz, Murray ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density; Gambusia; Habitat; Pupfish; Territory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905675208     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.4.527     Document Type: Article

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