Synchronization and portfolio performance of threatened salmon

Conservation Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 340-348

  Moore, Jonathan W ^a   Mcclure, Michelle ^a   Rogers, Lauren A ^b   Schindler, Daniel E ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Chinook; Coherence; Portfolio effect; Response diversity

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA;

EID: 77958026844     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1755263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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