Predation: Compensation and Context Dependence

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 199-220

  Ward, Darren M ^a   Hvidsten, Nils A ^b  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Predation mortality; Predator control; Predator swamping; Trait mediated predation risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985860961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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