Ontogenetic niche shifts and flexible behavior in size-structured populations

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-292

  De Roos, André M ^a   Leonardsson, Kjell ^b   Persson, Lennart ^b   Mittelbach, Gary G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort competition; Flexible behavior; Habitat use; Ontogenetic niche shifts; Persistence; Physiologically structured population models; Population feedback; Size structured populations; Stability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; HABITAT SELECTION; NICHE; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION RISK; SIZE STRUCTURE;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

EID: 0036590806     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0271:ONSAFB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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