Modulation of predator-prey interactions by the Allee effect

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1098-1107

  Verdy, Ariane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allee effect; Biomass; Mating success; Predator prey dynamics; Structured population model

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIFURCATION STRUCTURES; CATASTROPHIC EXTINCTIONS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; DYNAMICAL EQUATION; ECOSYSTEM LEVELS; EQUILIBRIUM DENSITY; MATING SUCCESS; POPULATION SIZES; PREDATION RATES; PREDATOR DENSITY; PREDATOR POPULATIONS; PREDATOR-PREY DYNAMICS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY MODELS; RESOURCE DEPLETION; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STRUCTURED POPULATION MODELS; TROPHIC LEVEL; WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

MAMMALS;

ALLEE EFFECT; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOMASS; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUX MEASUREMENT; GROWTH RATE; MATING SUCCESS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 77349093588     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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