Size-selective and sex-selective predation by brown bears on sockeye salmon

Oecologia

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-282

  Quinn, Thomas P ^a   Kinnison, Michael T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oncorhynchus nerka; Predation; Selection; Sexual dimorphism; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE SELECTION;

UNITED STATES;

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0032749619     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050929     Document Type: Article

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