Behavioural and fitness effects of translocation to a novel environment: Whole‐lake experiments in two aquatic top predators

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 89; no. 10; pp. 2325 - 2344
• Main Authors: Monk, Christopher T., Chéret, Bernard, Czapla, Philipp, Hühn, Daniel, Klefoth, Thomas, Eschbach, Erik, Hagemann, Robert, Arlinghaus, Robert, Börger, Luca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2020
• Subjects: Acoustic telemetry; acoustics; adults; animal ecology; Animals; Breeding success; Catfish; Catfishes; Conspecifics; Ecological conditions; Esocidae; Esox lucius; European catfish; fish behaviour; Fish reproduction; Fish stocking; Fisheries; Fisheries management; Fishery management; Fitness; Gene flow; hybrids; Introduced fish; Lakes; mortality; northern pike; Offspring; Origins; pike; Predation; Predators; Predatory Behavior; progeny; reality mining; Reproduction; Reproductive fitness; reproductive success; risk; Silurus glanis; species introductions; stocking; Telemetry; Translocation; acoustic telemetry; fish behaviour; reality mining; species introductions; stocking; European catfish; northern pike

Translocation into a novel environment through common fisheries management practices, such as fish stocking, provides opportunities to study behavioural and fitness impacts of translocations at realistic ecological scales. The process of stocking, as well as the unfamiliarity with novel ecological c...