Density dependence constrains mean growth rate while enhancing individual size variation in stream salmonids

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-115

  Lobón Cerviá, Javier ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown trout; density dependence; Individual size variation; Recruitment; Stream

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DRAINAGE; GROWTH RATE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; JUVENILE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVER; SPAIN; TROUT;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; RIVERS; SPAIN; TROUT;

ESVA RIVER; SPAIN;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 77955768612     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1639-8     Document Type: Article

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