Population growth rate and its determinants: An overview

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1153-1170

  Sibly, Richard M ^a   Hone, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Niche; Population growth rate; Population regulation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH;

COPEPODA; TISBE;

EID: 0037195012     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1117     Document Type: Review

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