The density dilemma: Limitations on juvenile production in threatened salmon populations

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 508-519

  Walters, Annika W ^a   Copeland, Timothy ^b   Venditti, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Growth; Hierarchical modelling; Oncorhynchus tshawytscha; Survival

Indexed keywords

ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84883823696     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eff.12046     Document Type: Article

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