Importance of fish behaviour in modelling conservation problems: Food limitation as an example

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1648-1662

  Railsback, S F ^a   Harvey, B C ^b  

^a Lang Railsback and Associates   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity selection; Adaptive behaviour; Diel; Habitat selection; Individual based modelling; Salmonid

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISH; RIVER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RIVERS;

SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 82955162650     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.03050.x     Document Type: Article

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