Sensitivity analysis of equilibrium population size in a density-dependent model for Short-tailed Shearwaters

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 119-129

  Yearsley, Jon M ^a   Fletcher, David ^b   Hunter, Christine ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Characteristic equation; Density dependent model; Population dynamics; Seabird; Sensitivity analysis

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS; PUFFINUS TENUIROSTRIS;

EID: 0037404655     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00416-7     Document Type: Article

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