Population growth in space and time: Spatial logistic equations

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 252-262

  Law, Richard ^a   Murrell, David J ^b   Dieckmann, Ulf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Competition kernel; Dispersal kernel; Equilibrium; Extinction; Individual based model; Logistic equation; Moment dynamics; Population dynamics; Spatial covariance function; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0041313947     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0252:PGISAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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