Environmental colour affects aspects of single-species population dynamics

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 267, Issue 1445, 2000, Pages 747-754

  Petchey, Owen L ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental tracking; Temperature fluctuations; Temporal autocorrelation; Variability

Indexed keywords

CILIATE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ARTICLE; CILIATE; COLOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CILIOPHORA; COLPIDIUM; PARAMECIUM;

EID: 0034701566     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1066     Document Type: Article

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