Mate location, population growth and species extinction

Biological Conservation

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 317-324

  Wells, Harrington ^a   Strauss, Eric G ^b   Rutter, Michael A ^c   Wells, Patrick H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^d OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Mate location; Population growth

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032402654     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(98)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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