Density dependence in resource exploitation: Empirical test of Levins' metapopulation model

Ecology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 44-51

  Doncaster, C Patrick ^a   Gustafsson, Lars ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collared flycatcher; Exploitation competition; Extinction threshold; Interference; Metapopulation; Population sink

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033056614     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1999.21049.x     Document Type: Article

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