Two complementary paradigms for analyzing population dynamics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1211-1219

  Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Density dependence; Equilibrium; Experimental approach; Population limitation; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION;

ANIMAL; ANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; MAMMAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; ANTS; BIRDS; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037195004     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1122     Document Type: Article

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