Pattern of variation in avian population growth rates

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 357, Issue 1425, 2002, Pages 1185-1195

  Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comparative analysis; Demographic stochasticity; Density regulation; Environmental stochasticity; Population growth rates; Population variability

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0344720803     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2002.1119     Document Type: Article

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