On the stability of populations of mammals, birds, fish and insects

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 970-976

  Sibly, Richard M ^a,b   Barker, Daniel ^c   Hone, Jim ^d   Pagel, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Integrated Population Ecology

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chaos; Contest competition; GPDD; Return rate; Scramble competition; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTINCTION RISK; FISH; INSECT; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; VULNERABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; INSECT; MAMMAL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHES; INSECTS; MAMMALS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34548525397     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01092.x     Document Type: Article

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