The influence of size-dependent life-history traits on the structure and dynamics of populations and communities

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 473-487

  De Roos, André M ^a   Persson, Lennart ^b   McCauley, Edward ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allee effects; Community structure; Density dependent individual development; Generation cycles; Life history; Population dynamics; Size structure; Size structured models

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; BODY SIZE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 0038735455     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00458.x     Document Type: Review

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