A trait-based approach for assessing and mapping niche overlap between native and exotic species: The mediterranean coastal fish fauna as a case study

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1333-1344

  Elleouet, J ^a,b   Albouy, C ^a,c   Ben Rais Lasram, F ^d   Mouillot, D ^a   Leprieur, F ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Coastal fishes; Endemic species; Exotic species; Functional traits; Mediterranean sea; Niche overlap

Indexed keywords

PARLATORIA ZIZIPHI; PISCES;

EID: 84925357402     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12235     Document Type: Article

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