Density dependence and density independence in the demography and dispersal of pike over four decades

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-502

  Haugen, Thrond O ^a,b   Winfield, Ian J ^c   Vøllestad, L Asbjørn ^a   Fletcher, Janice M ^c   James, J Ben ^c   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Capture mark recapture; Demography; Density dependence; Esox lucius; Growth; Harvesting; Perca fluviatilis; Predator prey interaction; Temperature; Windermere, United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; CLUPEOID; CONSPECIFIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; FISHING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MORTALITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CUMBRIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE DISTRICT; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WINDERMERE;

ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 40349101984     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0163.1     Document Type: Article

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