The genesis of size variability in plants and animals

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-72

  Pfister, Catherine A ^a   Stevens, Forrest R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaria nana; Cohort model; Growth autocorrelation; Growth depensation; Individual based model; Nucella canaliculata; Oligocottus maculosus; Population modeling; Size variability; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROWTH MODELING; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE SELECTION;

ALARIA NANA; ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; NUCELLA CANALICULATA; OLIGOCOTTUS MACULOSUS;

EID: 0036141808     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[0059:TGOSVI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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