Recruitment variability of resident brown trout in peripheral populations from southern Europe

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2364-2374

  Nicola, Graciela G ^a   Almodóvar, Ana ^b   Jonsson, Bror ^c   Elvira, Benigno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Fisheries management; Marginal populations; Population abundance; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 55349108565     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02056.x     Document Type: Article

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