Does red noise increase or decrease extinction risk? Single extreme events versus series of unfavorable conditions

American Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 879-888

  Schwager, Monika ^a,b   Johst, Karin ^c   Jeltsch, Florian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental noise; Extinction risk; Population model; Red noise

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXTINCTION RISK; EXTREME EVENT; NOISE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIGNAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTER; ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISASTERS; ENVIRONMENT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745697435     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503609     Document Type: Article

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