Linking the occurrence of brook trout with isolation and extinction in small Boreal Shield lakes

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-321

  Bertolo, Andrea ^a   Magnan, Pierre ^a   Plante, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Parc National du Canada de la Mauricie   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beaver dam; Connectivity; Local extinction; Recolonization; Salvelinus fontinalis

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 38149039302     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2007.01895.x     Document Type: Article

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