Detecting density dependence in recovering seal populations

Ambio

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-59

  Johan Svensson, Carl ^a   Eriksson, Anders ^b   Harkonen, Tero ^c   Harding, Karin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Age structured populations; Density dependent population growth; Detecting population trends; Environmental stochasticity; Population management

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; PINNIPED; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; STOCHASTICITY; TIME SERIES;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; PHOCA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SEALS, EARLESS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 79551547423     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-010-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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