A new test for density-dependent survival: The case of coastal cod populations

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1278-1288

  BjØrnstad, Ottar N ^a,d   Fromentin, Jean Marc ^b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a   Gjøsæter, Jakob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Inst Francais Rech Pour l'E   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structured interactions; Cannibalism; Competition; Gadus morhua; Gamma variance; Generalized Additive Model; Negative binomial distribution; Norway; Poisson variance; Stochastic population dynamics; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MODEL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

NORWAY; SKAGERRAK COAST;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 0033039433     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1278:ANTFDD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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