A graph theory approach to demographic loop analysis

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2539-2549

  Wardle, Glenda M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Campanula americana; Caretta caretta; Demographic loop analysis vs. summed elasticities; Dipsacus sylvestris; Elasticity analysis; Graph theory; Life history; Life cycle graphs; Loop analysis; Population growth rate; Projection matrices

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; POPULATION MODELING;

CAMPANULA; CAMPANULA AMERICANA; CAMPANULASTRUM AMERICANUM; CARETTA CARETTA; DIPSACUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031685544     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2539:AGTATD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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