A hypothesis regarding the abruptness of density dependence and the growth rate of populations

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2014-2026

  Getz, Wayne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abruptness parameter; Density dependence; Discrete time population model; Evolutionary state strategy analysis; Population growth rate; Population models

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH RATE;

EID: 0030435677     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265697     Document Type: Article

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