The Allee effect, finding mates and theoretical models

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-102

  McCarthy, M A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cebus olivaceus; Competition; Density dependence; Mating success; Tribolium confusum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030727039     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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