Complex population dynamics and complex causation: Devils, details and demography

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1591, 2006, Pages 1173-1181

  Benton, Tim G ^a   Plaistow, Stewart J ^b,d   Coulson, Tim N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental stochasticity; Inverse problem; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity; Time series

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; LIFE HISTORY; MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745012685     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3495     Document Type: Review

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