The relative influence of breeding competition and habitat quality on female reproductive success in lacustrine brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis)

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2694-2705

  Blanchfield, Paul J ^a,b,c   Ridgway, Mark S ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT QUALITY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 32644448885     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-176     Document Type: Article

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