Nest distribution shaping within-stream variation in Atlantic salmon juvenile abundance and competition over small spatial scales

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-172

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Nislow, Keith H ^c   Mckelvey, Simon ^d   Armstrong, John D ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Conon District Salmon Fisheries Board c/o CKD Falbraith ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Population regulation; Salmo salar; Spatial structure

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTIFICIAL NEST; CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; DISPERSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWING SEASON; HETEROGENEITY; JUVENILE; NEST STRUCTURE; ONTOGENY; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION REGULATION; SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SURVIVAL; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVUM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALMO SALAR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR;

EID: 37348998904     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01326.x     Document Type: Article

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