Reconstructing past population processes with general equilibrium models: House mice in Kern County, California, 1926-1927

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 209, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 235-248

  Kim, Seong Hee ^a   Tschirhart, John ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

General equilibrium ecosystem modeling; House mouse outbreak; Individual optimization; Tri trophic system

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RATS;

GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HOUSE MOUSE OUTBREAK; INDIVIDUAL OPTIMIZATION; TRI-TROPHIC SYSTEM;

POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION OUTBREAK; RODENT; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; KERN COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 35748945171     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.022     Document Type: Article

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