Stochastic models reveal conditions for cyclic dominance in sockeye salmon populations

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 69-90

  White, J Wilson ^a,b   Botsford, Louis W ^a   Hastings, Alan ^a   Holland, Matthew D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c Delta Stewardship Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bristol Bay; British Columbia; Canada; Cohort resonance; Cyclic dominance; Environmental stochasticity; Fraser River; Oncorhyncus nerka; Population cycles; Population dynamics; Portfolio effect; Sockeye salmon; USA

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CYCLICITY; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RATE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESONANCE; SPAWNING; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ALASKA; BRISTOL BAY; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893316966     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1796.1     Document Type: Article

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