Population numbers count: Tools for near-term demographic analysis

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 242-256

  Fox, Gordon A ^a   Gurevitch, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cactus; Conservation; Demography; Matrix models; Pest management; Transient dynamics

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; MATRIX; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 0033849275     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303387     Document Type: Review

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