On signals of phase transitions in salmon population dynamics

Martin Krkošek1, John M Drake

  • 1Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, , 25 Willcocks St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada, , M5S 3B2, Department of Zoology, University of Otago, , 340 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, , 140 East Green Street, Athens, GA 30602-2202, USA, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, , South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK.

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