The spatial scale of competition from recruits on an older cohort in Atlantic salmon

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1017-1025

  Einum, Sigurd ^a,b   Nislow, Keith H ^c   McKelvey, Simon ^d   Armstrong, John D ^e  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d Conon District Salmon Fisheries Board c/o CKD Galbraith ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age structure; Density dependence; Exploitative; Inter cohort competition; Interactive

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SALMONID; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; RIVER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SALMO SALAR; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 80855138714     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2055-4     Document Type: Article

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