The scale and cause of spatial heterogeneity in strength of temporal density dependence

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1241-1249

  Schmitt, Russell J ^a   Holbrook, Sally J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Cryptic density dependence; Density dependence; Habitat quality; Mortality; Population regulation; Predation; Recruitment; Reef fish

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CORAL REEF; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; PERCID; POPULATION REGULATION; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVORSHIP;

ANTHOZOA; DASCYLLUS FLAVICAUDUS; PISCES; POMACENTRIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34447097291     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0970     Document Type: Article

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