Size-dependent mortality induces life-history changes mediated through population dynamical feedbacks

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 258-270

  Van Kooten, Tobias ^a   Persson, Lennart ^a   De Roos, André M ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Cohort cycles; Dynamics; Resource competition; Resource dependent growth; Size dependent mortality; Size structured population

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; HISTOLOGY; MORTALITY; PERCH; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; PERCHES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547699183     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518947     Document Type: Article

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