Spatiotemporal population distributions and their implications for species coexistence in a variable environment

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-20

  Snyder, Robin E ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Disturbance; Fluctuations; Heterogeneity; Population distribution; Spatiotemporal; Variation

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ENVIRONMENT; FOURIER ANALYSIS; GERMINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS; TIME;

EID: 34250012617     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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