Generalizations of the Moran effect explaining spatial synchrony in population fluctuations

American Naturalist

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 603-612

  Engen, Steinar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Moran effect; Population synchrony; Spatial population dynamics; Theta logistic model

Indexed keywords

COVARIANCE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYNCHRONY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DEMOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 27744569854     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/491690     Document Type: Article

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