On the cumulants of population size for the stochastic power law logistic model

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-29

  Matis, James H ^a   Kiffe, Thomas R ^a   Parthasarathy, P R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING;

ANIMALIA; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA;

EID: 0031999077     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1997.1337     Document Type: Article

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