Reconciling classical and individual-based approaches in theoretical population ecology: A protocol for extracting population parameters from individual-based models

American Naturalist

Volumn 152, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 838-852

  Fahse, Lorenz ^a   Wissel, Christian ^a   Grimm, Volker ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Growth rate; Individual based model; Logistic equation; Nomadic birds; Self organization; Timescales

Indexed keywords

MODELING; POPULATION ECOLOGY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AVES;

EID: 0031773904     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/286212     Document Type: Article

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