Experimental evidence for density-dependent responses to mortality of snake-necked turtles

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 271-281

  Fordham, Damien A ^a,b   Georges, Arthur ^a   Brook, Barry W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chelidae; Juvenile recruitment; Population manipulation; Population regulation; Wildlife utilization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPENSATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TURTLES;

CHELIDAE; CHELODINA RUGOSA; SUIDAE; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 60449093958     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1217-5     Document Type: Article

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