Lost in time, lonely, and single: Reproductive asynchrony and the allee effect

American Naturalist

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-37

  Calabrese, Justin M ^a   Fagan, William F ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Extinction risk; Life history traits; Phenology; Protandry; Reproductive timing

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SYNCHRONY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES EXTINCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3342883709     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421443     Document Type: Article

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