Does inter-annual variability in population density increase with time?

Oikos

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 549-558

  Cyr, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AVES; MAMMALIA;

INTERANNUAL VARIATION; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 0030617612     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546899     Document Type: Article

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