Population dynamics and regulation in the cave salamander Speleomantes strinatii

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 396-400

  Salvidio, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Endogenous negative feedback; Partial rate correlation function; Plethodontidae; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION REGULATION; SALAMANDER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA; HYDROMANTES STRINATII; MAMMALIA; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34247365053     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0202-2     Document Type: Article

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