Ecology: On the regulation of populations of mammals, birds, fish, and insects

Science

Volumn 309, Issue 5734, 2005, Pages 607-610

  Sibly, Richard M ^a   Barker, Daniel ^a   Denham, Michael C ^b   Hone, Jim ^c   Pagel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION STATISTICS;

BIRDS; FISH; INSECTS; POPULATION DENSITIES;

ECOLOGY;

BIRD; FISH; INSECT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; GROWTH RATE; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION REGULATION; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FACTUAL DATABASE; MATHEMATICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FISHES; INSECTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMALS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 22744432661     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1110760     Document Type: Article

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