Stochasticity, predator-prey dynamics, and trigger harvest of nonnative predators

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2329-2343

  Sabo, John L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence theory; Environmental stochasticity; Extinction risk; Introduced species; Population viability; Predator; Prey; Process error; Process noise; Trigger harvest

Indexed keywords

PERSISTENCE; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 23944480822     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1152     Document Type: Review

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