Maternal effects and the stability of population dynamics in noisy environments

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 590-599

  Benton, Tim G ^a   Ranta, Esa ^b   Kaitala, Veijo ^c   Beckerman, Andrew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Environmental stochasticity; Life history traits; Structured and unstructured models; Time lags

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MATERNAL EFFECT; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034915023     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00527.x     Document Type: Article

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