Population regulation: Historical context and contemporary challenges of open vs. closed systems

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1490-1508

  Hixon, Mark A ^a   Pacala, Stephen W ^b   Sandin, Stuart A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed populations; Density dependence; Metapopulations; Open populations; Population regulation; Recruitment limitation

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIMITING FACTOR; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0000470436     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[1490:PRHCAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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