Evidence of source-sink metapopulations in a vulnerable native galaxiid fish driven by introduced trout

Ecological Applications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 967-977

  Woodford, Darragh J ^a   Mcintosh, Angus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; Galaxias vulgaris; Invasions; New zealand; Oncorhychus mykiss; Predation; Recruitment; Refugia; Riverscape; Salmo trutta; Source sink metapopulations; South island; Waimakariri river

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; METAPOPULATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REFUGE; SALMONID; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROUT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; NEW ZEALAND; OSMERIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TROUT;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAIMAKARIRI RIVER;

GALAXIAS VULGARIS; GALAXIIDAE; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77953149228     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1909.1     Document Type: Article

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