Salmonid or nonsalmonid lakes: Predicting the fate of northern boreal fish communities with hierarchical filters relating to a keystone piscivore

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1945-1955

  Spens, Johan ^a   Ball, John P ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONNECTIVITY; DETECTION METHOD; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PERCID; PISCIVORE; PREDICTION; SALMONID;

ESOX LUCIUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; RUTILUS RUTILUS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SALVELINUS FONTINALIS;

EID: 51849122823     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/F08-103     Document Type: Article

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