Using reproductive value to estimate key parameters in density-independent age-structured populations

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 308-317

  Engen, Steinar ^a   Lande, Russell ^b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Festa Bianchet, Marco ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bighorn Sheep; Demographic variance; Environmental variance; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AUTOCORRELATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SHEEP; TIME SERIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SHEEP, BIGHORN; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

OVIS CANADENSIS;

EID: 33751175165     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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