Limitations of methods to test density-dependent fecundity hypothesis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Beja, Pedro ^a,b   Palma, Luis ^c  

^a Ordenamento e Gestao de Recursos Naturais   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Habitat heterogeneity; Intraspecific competition; Population ecology; Statistical artefact

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; HABITAT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; RAPTOR; SKEWNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EAGLE; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; DEMOGRAPHY; EAGLES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

ANIMALIA; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 38849107696     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01312.x     Document Type: Article

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