The evidence for Allee effects

Population Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-354

  Kramer, Andrew M ^a   Dennis, Brian ^b   Liebhold, Andrew M ^c   Drake, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c NORTHERN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical density; Depensation; Inverse density dependence; Mate limitation; Positive density dependence; Predator satiation

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ARTHROPOD; BIVALVE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CHORDATA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349162618     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-009-0152-6     Document Type: Review

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