The Self-Thinning Rule Applied to Juvenile Sea-Trout, Salmo trutta

Despite its critics, the self-thinning rule with a −3/2 power has been applied to a wide range of plant species. A similar relationship has been proposed for animals, energetics allometries suggesting a −4/3 power. This relationship has been rarely tested for mobile animals; the present investigation examines its suitability for juvenile brown trout, Salmo trutta L. Data came from a 25-year study of a trout population in the English Lake District