Abrupt population changes along smooth environmental gradients

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 907-922

  Wilson, William G ^a,d   Nisbet, Roger M ^a   Ross, Alex H ^b   Robles, Carlos ^c   Desharnais, Robert A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030237774     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02459489     Document Type: Article

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