Individual variability and population regulation: A model of the significance of within-generation density dependence

Oecologia

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 196-202

  Grimm, Volker ^a   Uchmański, Janusz ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Individual variability; Individual based model; Population regulation; Time scales

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION REGULATION;

EID: 0036934195     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0875-y     Document Type: Article

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