Density dependence in an island population of silvereyes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-100

  McCallum, Hamish ^a   Kikkawa, Jiro ^a   Catterall, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Long term data; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AUSTRALIA;

ZOSTEROPS LATERALIS;

EID: 0034009130     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2000.00120.x     Document Type: Article

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