Variation in Population Size through Time and Space: Theory and Recent Empirical Advances from Atlantic Salmon

Atlantic Salmon Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 277-298

  Einum, Sigurd ^a   Nislow, Keith H ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown trout; Environmental stochasticity; Ideal free distribution; Logistic growth; Niche shift; Ontogenetic; Population regulation; Salmo salar; Salmo trutta; Self thinning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84985876509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444327755.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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