An individual based model of sea turtles: Investigating the effect of temporal variability on population dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 114-124

  Mazaris, Antonios D ^a   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age at maturity; Density dependence; Green turtle; Individual based model; Re nesting intervals; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; OCEANOGRAPHY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

AGE AT MATURITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GREEN TURTLE; INDIVIDUAL BASED MODEL (IBM); RE-NESTING INTERVALS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE AT MATURITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33644668158     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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