The distribution of population survival times

American Naturalist

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 506-526

  Ludwig, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHE; EXTINCTION PROBABILITY; POPULATION MODEL;

EID: 0029731916     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285863     Document Type: Article

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