Intrinsic scaling complexity in animal dispersion and abundance

American Naturalist

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-55

  Gautestad, Arild O ^a   Mysterud, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complexity; Fractal; Home range; Multiscaled random walk; Scale free; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS THEORY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444267558     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/426673     Document Type: Article

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