Variable individual consistency in timing and destination of winter migrating fish

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-23

  Brodersen, Jakob ^a   Nilsson, P Anders ^a   Chapman, Ben B ^a   Skov, Christian ^b   Hansson, Lars Anders ^a   Brönmark, Christer ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Differential migration; Individual consistency; Roach; Rutilus rutilus

Indexed keywords

CYPRINID; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; LIFE HISTORY; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SITE FIDELITY; STREAM; TAGGING; WINTER;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINIDAE; RUTILUS RUTILUS;

EID: 84856288430     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0634     Document Type: Article

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