Estimating the pattern of synchrony in fluctuating populations

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-611

  Engen, Steinar ^a   Lande, Russell ^b   Seæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Bregnballe, Thomas ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Moran effect; Spatial ecology; Spatial scaling

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ESTIMATION METHOD; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEABIRD; STOCHASTICITY; SYNCHRONY;

PHALACROCORAX CARBO;

EID: 20444420307     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.00942.x     Document Type: Article

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