A model of survival times for predator populations: The case of the army ants

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 469-482

  Britton, N F ^a   Partridge, L W ^b   Franks, N R ^c  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PREDATION; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ECITON BURCHELLI; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0032988796     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bulm.1998.0091     Document Type: Article

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