Individual variation and environmental stochasticity: Implications for matrix model predictions

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 496-510

  Pfister, Catherine A ^a   Stevens, Forrest R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NW Regional Educational Laboratory ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort model; Environmental stochasticity; Individual variation; Individual based model; Mathematical model; Matrix projection model; Population modeling; Size variability; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; POPULATION MODELING; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 0043205070     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0496:IVAESI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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