Populations in variable environments: The effect of variability in a species' primary resource

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1249-1257

  Davis, Stephen A ^a   Pech, Roger P ^a   Catchpole, Edward A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental variability; Numerical response; Predator prey; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HERBIVORE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PASTURE; RAINFALL;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 0037195020     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1125     Document Type: Article

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