Global and Regional Patterns in Riverine Fish Species Richness: A Review
Thierry Oberdorff,Pablo A. Tedesco,Bernard Hugueny,Fabien Leprieur,Olivier Beauchard,Sébastien Brosse,Hans H. Dürr +6 more
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In this paper, the authors integrate the respective role of global and regional factors driving riverine fish species richness patterns, to develop a synthetic model of potential mechanisms and processes generating these patterns.Abstract:
We integrate the respective role of global and regional factors driving riverine fish species richness patterns, to develop a synthetic model of potential mechanisms and processes generating these patterns. This framework allows species richness to be broken down into different components specific to each spatial extent and to establish links between these components and the processes involved. This framework should help to answer the questions that are currently being asked by society, including the effects of species invasions, habitat loss, or fragmentation and climate change on freshwater biodiversity.read more
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