Competition and predation as mechanisms for displacement of greenback cutthroat trout by brook trout

Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Volumn 136, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1381-1392

  McGrath, C C ^a,b   Lewis Jr , W M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; COEXISTENCE; DIET; EGG PREDATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; SALMONID; SYMPATRY;

ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII STOMIAS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS; STOMIAS;

EID: 35848963408     PISSN: 00028487     EISSN: 15488659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/T07-017.1     Document Type: Article

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