The interplay of sex ratio, male success and density-independent mortality affects population dynamics

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1089-1097

  Schmickl, Thomas ^a   Karsai, Istvan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Density independent mortality; Male success; Mathematical model; Population dynamics; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED; CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY-INDEPENDENT; DENSITY-INDEPENDENT MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS; INTRINSIC FACTORS; MALE SUCCESS; NEGATIVE INFLUENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODEL; POPULATION SIZES; SEX RATIOS; SIMPLE MODEL; STRUCTURED POPULATION;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALLEE EFFECT; CARRYING CAPACITY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEX RATIO;

EID: 77349102945     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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