Elasticity analysis for density-dependent populations in stochastic environments

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 680-693

  Grant, Alastair ^a   Benton, Tim G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Demography; Density; Dependence; Elasticity analysis; Elasticity of fitness; Elasticity of population size; Population growth; Population viability; Projection matrix; Sensitivity analysis; Stochasticity of the environment

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ELASTICITY; POPULATION GROWTH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0033945193     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0680:EAFDDP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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