Behavioural models of population growth rates: Implications for conservation and prediction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1273-1284

  Sutherland, William J ^a   Norris, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Game theory; Population growth rate; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; PREDICTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037195023     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1127     Document Type: Article

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