Size-specific sensitivity: Applying a new structured population model

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 694-708

  Easterling, Michael R ^a,c   Ellner, Stephen P ^a   Dixon, Philip M ^b,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

Aconitum noveboracense; Continuous population structure; Elasticity; Integral projection model; Matrix population models without the matrix; Population growth rate; Sensitivity analysis; Size specific sensitivity and elasticity; Structured population model

Indexed keywords

POPULATION MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

ACONITUM; ACONITUM NOVEBORACENSE;

EID: 0033933324     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0694:SSSAAN]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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