The macroecology of population dynamics: Taxonomic and biogeographic patterns in population cycles

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 160-164

  Kendall, Bruce E ^a,b   Prendergast, John ^c   Bjørnstad, Ottar N ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Complex population dynamics; Latitudinal gradients; Long term population data; Population cycles; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 1842815889     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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