Dynamics of an age-structured population drawn from a random numbers table

Austral Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 297-304

  Murray Jr , Bertram G ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rate; Death rate; Demography; Density dependence; Growth rate; Population limitation; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010745384     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2000.tb00032.x     Document Type: Article

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