Elasticities and the link between demographic and evolutionary dynamics

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 666-679

  Van Tienderen, Peter H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demography; Elasticities; Elasticity path diagrams; Life history traits; Path analysis; Quantitative genetics; Selection; Selection gradients

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033934960     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0666:EATLBD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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