What is a successful fish? Determinants of competitive success in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) in different social contexts

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2446-2450

  Adams, Colin E ^a   Huntingford, Felicity A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVENESS; ARCTIC CHARR; ATLANTIC SALMON; COMPETITIVE SUCCESS;

SALMO SALAR; SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0030390090     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f96-195     Document Type: Article

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