Habitat exclusion and reduced growth: A field experiment on the effects of inter-cohort competition in young-of-the-year brown trout

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 733-742

  Kaspersson, Rasmus ^a   Höjesjö, Johan ^a   Bohlin, Torgny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Distribution; Dominance; Growth; Interference; Stream; Survival

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DOMINANCE; ELECTROFISHING; FECUNDITY; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT SELECTION; ONTOGENY; SALMONID FISHERY; STREAMWATER; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SWEDEN; TROUT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; SWEDEN; TROUT;

EID: 84862161987     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2248-5     Document Type: Article

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