Spatial scaling in a benthic population model with density-dependent disturbance

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 106-122

  Pascual, Mercedes ^a   Levin, Simon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHOS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033180056     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/tpbi.1999.1417     Document Type: Article

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