Quantifying the effects of multiple processes on local abundance: A cohort approach for open populations

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 294-303

  Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a   Osenberg, Craig W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Density dependence; Elasticity analyses; Recruitment limitation; Reef fish; Relative importance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032850434     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.00086.x     Document Type: Article

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