Timing games in the reproductive phenology of female Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.)

• Published in: The American Naturalist
• Main Authors: Morbey, Y.E., Ydenberg, R.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2003
• Subjects: body-size; breeding competition; density-dependence; habitat; kisutch; life-history; natural-selection; nerka; pink-salmon; sockeye-salmon; Pacific; Sockeye; Pink salmon
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/timing-games-in-the-reproductive-phenology-of-female-pacific-salm; https://doi.org/10.1086/345785

We use a game-theoretic framework to investigate the reproductive phenology of female kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka). As in the other semelparous species of Pacific salmon, females construct nests in gravel, spawn with males, bury their fertilized eggs, and defend their nest sites until they die sever...