Life-history diversity and its importance to population stability and persistence of a migratory fish: Steelhead in two large North American watersheds

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1035-1046

  Moore, Jonathan W ^a   Yeakel, Justin D ^a   Peard, Dean ^b   Lough, Jeff ^c   Beere, Mark ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocomplexity; Climate change; Diversity stability; Iteroparity; Marine survival; Portfolio effect; Rainbow trout

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SALMONID; SPAWNING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PISCES; SALMONIDAE;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEAWATER;

EID: 84906308299     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12212     Document Type: Article

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