Accommodating environmental variation in population models: Metaphysiological biomass loss accounting

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 731-741

  Owen Smith, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biomass accounting; Consumer resource dynamics; Demography; Density dependence; Environmental variability; GMM model; Metaphysiological modelling; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; LOTKA-VOLTERRA MODEL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 79958046624     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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