Rapidly changing life history during invasion
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https://hdl.handle.net/10037/19517Dato
2004-05-17Type
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The fish species vendace (Coregonus albula) invaded the sub‐arctic Pasvik watercourse during the second half of the 1980s, and became the dominant pelagic species in the upstream part of the watercourse within a few years. Life history traits of the pioneer population of vendace in Pasvik were recorded from 1991–2000. A rapid increase in population density in the upstream part of the watercourse was accompanied by decreased growth rates, decreased fecundity and a reduced size at first maturation. The downstream part of the watercourse showed a similar, but delayed, change in life history traits compared to the upstream part. The study documents great life history variability of a non‐native fish species entering a new environment. We discuss two co‐acting explanations for the observed patterns: (i) a density dependent response mediated by food depletion; and (ii) a pioneer strategy that allocates resources to favour reproduction at early developmental stages with a high number of offspring, trading off growth and size of offspring.
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Bøhn, T., Sandlund, O.T., Amundsen, P.‐A. & Primicerio, R. (2004), Rapidly changing life history during invasion. Oikos, 106, 138-150, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13022.x. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
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Bøhn, T., Sandlund, O.T., Amundsen, P.‐A. & Primicerio, R. (2004), Rapidly changing life history during invasion. Oikos, 106, 138-150.Metadata
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