Density-dependent demographic variation determines extinction rate of experimental populations

PLoS Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1300-1304

  Drake, John M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

DAPHNIA MAGNA;

ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; GENETICS, POPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 22744447746     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0030222     Document Type: Article

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