A field test of the extent of bias in selection estimates after accounting for emigration

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 643-650

  Letcher, Benjamin H ^a   Horton, Gregg E ^a   Dubreuil, Todd L ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic salmon; Emigration; Selection; Selection differentials; Size dependence

Indexed keywords

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 20444457549     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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