Second derivatives of population growth rate: Calculation and applications

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 870-879

  Caswell, Hal ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Eigenvectors; Elasticity; Life table response experiments; Matrix population models; Nonlinear selection; Sensitivity; Situational sensitivity; Stochastic population growth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001448909     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265507     Document Type: Article

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