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It's a bear market: evolutionary and ecological effects of predation on two wild sockeye salmon populations.
Heredity - 1 May 2016
Lin J E, Hard J J, Naish K A, Peterson D, Hilborn R, Hauser L
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Predation can affect both phenotypic variation and population productivity in the wild, but quantifying evolutionary and demographic effects of predation in natural environments is challenging. The aim of this study was to estimate selection differentials and coefficients associated with brown bear (Ursus arctos) predation in wild sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) populations spawning in pristine habitat that...
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