The observed range for temporal mean-variance scaling exponents can be explained by reproductive correlation

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 174-180

  Ballantyne IV, Ford ^a,b   J Kerkhoff, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; MACROECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; STOCHASTICITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33846191992     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.15383.x     Document Type: Review

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