Are numbers enough? Colonizer phenotype and abundance interact to affect population dynamics

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 681-687

  Burgess, Scott C ^a,b   Marshall, Dustin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density dependent fecundity; Dispersal costs; Larval condition; Larval quality; Propagule pressure; Realized connectivity; Stock recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; BRYOZOAN; COLONIZATION; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISPERSAL; FECUNDITY; LARVA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROPAGULE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; BRYOZOA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BRYOZOA; GENETIC FITNESS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

BRYOZOA; GYMNOLAEMATA;

EID: 79953328497     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01802.x     Document Type: Article

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