Reproductive value and the stochastic demography of age-structured populations

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 795-804

  Engen, Steinar ^a   Lande, Russell ^a,b   Sæther, Bernt Erik ^a   Stephen Dobson, F ^c,d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Age dependent stochastic demography; Demographic stochasticity; Environmental stochasticity; Individual reproductive value; Reproductive value

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FECUNDITY; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCIURIDAE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 72449181470     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/647930     Document Type: Article

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