Demographic theory of coral reef fish populations with stochastic recruitment: Comparing sources of population regulation

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 107-119

  Sandin, Stuart A ^a,b   Pacala, Stephen W ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Demographic fluctuations; Pelagic control; Population regulation; Top down; Variance propagation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; POPULATION REGULATION; RECRUITMENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FERTILITY; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 13444263512     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426674     Document Type: Article

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