Sensitivity analysis of equilibrium in density-dependent matrix population models

Ecology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 380-387

  Caswell, Hal ^a   Takada, Takenori ^b   Hunter, Christine M ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Elasticity analysis; Equilibrium; Evolutionary stable strategy; Invasion exponent; Matrix population models; Nonlinear; Sensitivity analysis; Territory limitation; Tribolium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EQUILIBRIUM; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442514344     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2004.00595.x     Document Type: Article

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