What is the Allee effect?

Oikos

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 185-190

  Stephens, P A ^a   Sutherland, W J ^a   Freckleton, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

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FITNESS; POPULATION SIZE;

EID: 0032713166     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3547011     Document Type: Review

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