Predation risk breaks size-dependent dominance in juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and provides growth opportunities for risk-prone individuals

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1206-1212

  Reinhardt, Ulrich G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; LIFE HISTORY; PREDATION RISK; SALMONID; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 0033306811     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f99-064     Document Type: Article

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