Depensation: Evidence, models and implications

Fish and Fisheries

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-58

  Liermann, Martin ^a,b   Hilborn, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Depensation; Inverse density dependence

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING;

EID: 0035017349     PISSN: 14672960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-2979.2001.00029.x     Document Type: Article

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