Demography in relation to population density in two herbivorous marsupials: Testing for source-sink dynamics versus independent regulation of population size

Oecologia

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 70-76

  Johnson, Christopher N ^a   Vernes, Karl ^a,b   Payne, Alison ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aepyprymnus; Fitness; Habitat preference; Marsupial; Trichosurus

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAT KANGAROO; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; TRICHOSURUS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POTOROIDAE; QUEENSLAND; REPRODUCTION; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRICHOSURUS;

AEPYPRYMNUS; AEPYPRYMNUS RUFESCENS; ALOPIAS; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 15244363370     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1781-2     Document Type: Article

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