Density-dependent life-history compensation of an iteroparous salmonid

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 449-467

  Johnston, Fiona D ^a,b,c   Post, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alberta; Angling; Bull trout; Canada; Fecundity; Fisheries management; Growth; Lower Kananaskis Lake; Maturation; Phenotypic plasticity; Recovery; Recreational fishing; Salvelinus confluentus; Skipped spawning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FECUNDITY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HARVESTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SALMONID; SELECTION; SIZE AT MATURITY; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC SELECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; TROUT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALBERTA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TROUT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; KANANASKIS; NORTH AMERICA;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

EID: 65349116580     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1507.1     Document Type: Article

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