Life-history plasticity and sustainable exploitation: A theory of growth compensation applied to walleye management

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-54

  Lester, Nigel P ^a,b   Shuter, Brian J ^a,b   Venturelli, Paul ^c   Nadeau, Daniel ^d  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biphasic growth; Compensation; Degree days; Density dependence; Evolution; Life history; Maturity; Natural mortality; Plasticity; Sander vitreus; Sustainable exploitation; Walleye

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPLOITATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; PERCIFORM; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVOLUTION; FISHERY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FISHERIES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84893422726     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2020.1     Document Type: Article

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