Unifying ecological and evolutionary dynamics through experimental stochastic demography

Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-205

  Smallegange, Isabel M ^a   Coulson, Tim ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental change; Experiment; Life history; Long run stochastic growth rate; Perturbation analysis; Population dynamics; Prospective analysis

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 77149151195     PISSN: 15659801     EISSN: 22244662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1560/IJEE.55.3.199     Document Type: Article

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