Variability in population abundance is associated with thresholds between scaling regimes

Ecology and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Wardwell, Donald ^a   Allen, Craig R ^a,b  

^a Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Breeding bird survey; Everglades; Phase transition; Scale; Textural discontinuity hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BODY MASS; BREEDING POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SCALE EFFECT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EVERGLADES; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 73849086553     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-02986-140242     Document Type: Article

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