Individual heterogeneity in vital demographic stochasticity

American Naturalist

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 455-467

  Vindenes, Yngvild ^a   Engen, Steinar ^a   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Demographic stochasticity; Demographic variance; Individual heterogeneity; Stochastic matrix population models; Vital parameters

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; STOCHASTICITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 40949114714     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/528965     Document Type: Article

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