Connectivity or demography: Defining sources and sinks in coral reef fish metapopulations

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1126-1137

  Figueira, Will F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Coral reef fish; Demography; Dispersal; Elasticity; Local retention; Patch contribution; Simulation modeling; Source sink metapopulations

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FISH; MEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REEFS;

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF FISH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; LOCAL RETENTION; PATCH CONTRIBUTION; SIMULATION MODELING; SOURCE-SINK METAPOPULATIONS;

FORESTRY;

CONNECTIVITY; CORAL REEF; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; FISH; HABITAT QUALITY; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE PARK; METAPOPULATION; PATCH USE; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 62249188043     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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