Non-linear density dependence in time series is not evidence of non-logistic growth

Theoretical Population Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-489

  Doncaster, C Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beverton Holt; Pearl Verhulst; Population regulation; Theta logistic; Theta Ricker

Indexed keywords

COMPENSATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; TIME SERIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 43249116053     PISSN: 00405809     EISSN: 10960325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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